Tag: Christmas

2013

Archbishop Harris’ Gospel Reflection Dec 22 – Fourth Sunday in Advent (A)

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Post date December 21, 2013

Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24

This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.”

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Emmanuel – God is with us

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Post date December 21, 2013

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

During a recent discussion with my great-niece in London via Skype, we were speaking about how commercialised Christmas has become. As a 13-year-old Catholic, she is quite aware of the true meaning of Christmas, but admitted that she is often caught up in the hype about what she and her friends are getting for Christmas – and it’s all about brand names. In my day my friends and I talked about what we hoped we would get for Christmas.

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CCSJ calls on citizens to be generous this Christmas

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Post date December 16, 2013

The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) calls on each person to be generous this Christmas. Leela Ramdeen, Chair of CCSJ says: “The wonderful music of parang and carols lifts our spirits at Christmas time and fills us with joy. Let us share with others some of this joy; let us help to lift the spirits of those who bear the brunt of poverty & social exclusion, sickness, and loneliness.

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Preparing for the birth of Christ

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Post date December 14, 2013

As we prepare for the coming of the birth of Jesus, let us see Him in the faces of our “neighbours”. Amidst the splendour of the decorations in the malls and the “goodies” in our stores and supermarkets, spare a thought for Jesus who lives among us and who is hungry. See Jesus in the homeless, the destitute, and those in need. He came so that we may have life, and have it to the full. Yet thousands in T&T and millions around the world live like Lazarus, waiting for the crumbs to fall from the table of the rich.

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Rejoice in God’s gift of Love, Jesus

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Post date December 22, 2012

On my return from attending an International Conference in Kingston, Jamaica on the theme: Human Rights, International Law and The Family (see REPORTS), my eyes were drawn upwards as I waited for the gate at Archbishop’s House to open. The brilliant sunshine shone on the beautiful crèche which, this year, has been placed high above the front door so that all could see it more clearly.

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