by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ
When I was in London last October, my sister brought out a box with some of my mother’s prayer books. We take comfort in using the very prayer books she used when she was alive. One of these is a book of psalms given to her by Bishop Emeritus Sydney Charles when he was our parish priest in Chaguanas.
CCSJ calls for urgent action to curb child abuse in TT. The Catholic Church believes that the basic moral test of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members, among whom are our children.
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By Archbishop Joseph Harris
Gospel Jn 1:35-42
John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” – which translated means Teacher, “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.”
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ
You did not choose me, no, I who chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that will last (John 15:16).
Although Vocations Awareness Week ends today, we have a duty to pray for vocations on a daily basis. We need holy priests, deacons, and people dedicated to consecrated life. Indeed, we should all respond to our baptismal call to holiness and help each other respond to this call – “All the faithful are invited and obliged to try to achieve the holiness and perfection of their own state of life” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, #42).
By Archbishop Joseph Harris
Gospel Mt 2:1-12
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, He inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.”
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