Month: August 2012

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Preparing for the Year of Faith

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Post date August 25, 2012

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

Pope Benedict XVI will open the Year of Faith on October 11. October 11 is the 50^th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council – a universal meeting of Bishops (October 11, 1962 – December 8, 1965); and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Blessed John Paul II.

Also the Synod of Bishops on the theme: The New Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith will run from Oct 7-28. The Year of Faith will close on November 24, 2013, Solemnity of Christ the King.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection August 26 – Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

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Post date August 24, 2012

Gospel: John 6:60-69

Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, “Does this shock you? What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.”

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection August 19 – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

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Post date August 19, 2012

Gospel Jn 6:51-58

Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

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100 days of peace

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Post date August 19, 2012

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God (Beatitudes)

Sr Monica Tywang, shared with me recently the hope that filled her heart as she participated in the Vigil of Prayer for Peace at St Martin in the Fields,Londonto proclaim the first day of the 2012 Sacred Olympic Truce. The vigil, which commenced at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, June 8, ended at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 9.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection August 12 – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)

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Post date August 12, 2012

Gospel Jn 6:41-51

The Jews murmured about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven?'” Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop murmuring among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day.