Extract from Archbishop Edward Gilbert’s November 7, 2009 speech at a CCSJ workshop to discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical, Charity in Truth
Month: December 2009
Gospel
Lk 3:10-18
The crowds asked John the Baptist, “What should we do?” He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.”
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair of The Catholic Commission for Social Justice
As we prepare for the coming of the Christ-child, let us act on the advice of Pope Benedict XVI, who said recently:
“Advent, this intense liturgical time… invites us to pause in silence to grasp a presence. It is an invitation to understand that every event of the day is a gesture that God directs to us, sign of the care he has for each one of us. ..Advent invites and stimulates us to contemplate the Lord who is present. Should not the certainty of his presence help us to see the world with different eyes? Should it not help us to see our whole existence as a ‘visit,’ as a way in which he can come to us and be close to us, in each situation?”
Second Sunday of Advent (C)
Gospel
Lk 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert.
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The challenge of Copenhagen
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice
The UN Climate Change Conference begins in Copenhagen, Denmark, tomorrow, Monday 7 December, and will run until 18 December.