Catholic Commission for Social Justice
Gospel: Matthew 13, 24 – 43
Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’
“It is important for us to remember that we are all baptised to be prophets, priests and kings and that like Jesus we fulfil our prophetic ministry, not simply by what we say but much more by the ways in which we remind those around us that the forces of evil will not triumph, that God indeed has the last word.” (Coadjutor Archbishop, Joseph Harris, Sunday Reflection, June 6, 2010).
On behalf of CCSJ, I would like to congratulate Fr Joe Harris CSSp. and Msgr Jason Gordon on their appointments as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain and Bishop of the dioceses of Bridgetown, Barbados and of Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines respectively.
Gospel: Mt 13:1-23
On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots.
Pope Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for July is: “That Christ may ease the physical and spiritual sufferings of those who are sick with AIDS, especially in the poorest countries.”
Following my participation as a panellist during the Regional Consultation held in T&T in March 2011 on “Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support “(see CCSJ’s website), I was invited to attend a two-day Regional Consultation in the Dominican Republic (DR) in June on the theme: “Putting Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention into action in the Caribbean region”.