Month: February 2013

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection February 24 – Second Sunday of Lent (C)

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Post date February 23, 2013

Gospel Lk 9:28b-36

Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying. While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.

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Are we listening to Him?

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Post date February 23, 2013

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

Today’s Gospel reading (Luke 9:28b-36) provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the messages that can be derived from the account of the Transfiguration of Jesus. Who better to tell us who Jesus is than His Father in heaven? God’s words spoken to Peter, James and John from the cloud apply to us also: “This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.”

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection February 17 – First Sunday of Lent (C)

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Post date February 16, 2013

Luke 4:1-13

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for forty days. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he was hungry. Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf. But Jesus replied, “Scripture says, ‘Man does not live on bread alone.'”

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Concerns about administering HPV Vaccine in TT Schools

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Post date February 11, 2013

The Catholic Church has no ethical objection to any Vaccine that is safe and effective. The Archdiocese of Port of Spain is aware of the January 2007 Position Paper by the Catholic Medical Association of America and Canada (CMA) on the implementation of the Gardasil vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, USA, on 8 June 2006 and which is meant to protect girls and young women between the ages of 9 and 26 against four of the most common high risk HPV subtypes/strains: HPV 16 and HPV 18, that cause 70 per cent of cervical cancers, and HPV 6 and HPV 11, that cause 90 per cent of genital warts.