Month: March 2013

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection March 30 – Easter Vigil (C)

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Post date March 31, 2013

Gospel: Lk 24:1-12

At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.”

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Witnesses of the Resurrection

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Post date March 29, 2013

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life, which is a part of the person is indeed answered… God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed. – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2011)

Happy Easter to you and your loved ones! I shall be in London for Easter and, as usual, I shall be able to share the Easter story with my 14 great-nephews and nieces.

Christ is risen and lives among us – what a wonderful gift from God. We can see signs of His Resurrection all around us. If we really know what it means to be redeemed, if we understand the power of the Resurrection, we will be enthusiastic about being witnesses of the Resurrection every moment of every day.

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection March 24 – Palm Sunday (C)

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Post date March 24, 2013

Gospel: Luke 19:29-40

When Jesus had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.'” So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They said, “The Lord needs it.”

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Holy Week and Justice

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Post date March 22, 2013

During Holy Week, let us reflect on Pope Francis’ message delivered during his inaugural Mass. Inter alia, he reminded us that “… the core of the Christian vocation…is Christ! Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation!” He called for the defense of the weakest in society and of the environment, saying that otherwise “the way is opened to destruction and hearts are hardened.”

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Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection March 17 – Fifth Sunday of Lent (C)

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Post date March 16, 2013

Gospel Jn 8:1-11

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?”
They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the elders. So he was left alone with the woman before him.
Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She replied, “No one, sir.” Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”