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Have you   ever met a person who just lives for the present moment? He or she does not worry about anything.   He/she does not worry about the future. This person says “ who cares about tomorrow, just live for today. Nothing else really matters. ” You might say this person isn’t a very responsible person. Yes, a person who doesn’t anticipate anything about their future is an irresponsible person. Today, on the first Sunday of advent, Jesus is calling us to a great of responsibility- responsibility for advent. The word advent means arrival or approach. During these four weeks of advent we are happily awaiting the approach of Jesus into our lives. The second arrival, that we celebrate is the happy expectation of child Jesus from the womb of His Mother. For us it is the four weeks before Christmas. For most people, advent means Christmas shopping and Christmas parties. For us, advent is a quite, silent waiting, a time of special prayer. Advent is a time for confession, a time of ...

Thirty third Suday of the Year Feast of Christ the King November 21, 2010 2 Samuel 5:1-3; Colossians 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43 On the last Sunday of the liturgical year the church celebrates the Feast of Christ the King. This feast was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and is observed on this Sunday as it helps us to meditate on Christ the King and Lord and at the same time reflect on the Second and Final Coming of Christ, the last Judgment, and the end of the world. There are two highly contrasting pictures of Jesus as King given in the readings today. There is the highly triumphant picture give in the Second Reading from the letter to the Colossians. Jesus is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation, for in him were created all things. God wanted all perfection to be found in him, and all things to be reconciled through him when he made peace by his death on the cross. He has prepared all for the everlasting kingdom of happiness. Here Paul thanks the Father ...

بدأت الاتصالات في السودان منذ عام 1859م وكانت هذه البداية باتصالات سلكية بمدينة سواكن الواقعة على شاطئ البحر الأحمر في حدود السودان الشرقية حيث أن مدينة سواكن كانت آنذاك ذات أهمية تجارية وميناء للبلاد. ولقد لعبت الصدفة دوراً في دخول الاتصالات وذلك عندما انشأت بريطانيا خطاً لربطها بمستعمراتها في شمال وشرق افريقيا انتهاءً بالهند، حيث بدأ الكيبل البحري من بريطانيا ماراً بجبل طارق بشمال افريقيا ـ والاسكندرية ميناء مصر على البحر الأبيض المتوسط مروراً بقناة السويس على البحر الأحمر بالبحر الأبيض المتوسط ثم سواكن ميناء السودان على البحر الأحمر، ثم إلى الهند ثم اسطنبول بتركيا. في عام 1866م تم مد خط تلغراف لربط مصر والسودان مروراً بوادي حلفا ـ دنقلا، حيث وصل الخط التلغرافي إلى الخرطوم بحري في عام 1870م ثم إلى الخرطوم عبر كيبل نهري عبر النيل الأزرق. وفي عام 1871م تم مد خط من مدينة سواكن في الشرق إلى مدينة كسلا، وبدأت خطوط التلغراف في الانتشار شرقاً وغرباً في عهد اسماعيل باشا (1873م) حيث وصلت مدينة الأبيض في ولاية كردفان عام 1874م وإلى مدينة فوجا غرباً وبالتحديد بدارفور عام 1875م. وفي خضم هذا ...

Life in Sudan after the 2005 CPA – comprehensives peace agreement   is all about action. Places to go, people to see, things to do. So how, in the midst of it all, do we do more than find time for God, but actually make time for God? How do we not just leave time for prayer, but make prayer our first priority each and every day? When we are saying other things in life are more valuable than prayer. I think that attitude is rooted in Sudanese tendency to value activity over the interior life. By our nature tend to gravitate toward external actions. We are all about doing and less about being, and prayer is very much about being. It’s about being with someone   - the Lord. Our lives are measured in time. So when we give someone our time, we are giving them part of our lives. And that gift is what we were made for . God wants   to give his divine life to us, and he wants us to give ourselves back to him. If we are going to do that in eternity, in heaven, we need to get used ...