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How I made a difference: Poetry from a 10-year-old

The following poem was given to CCSJ’s Chair Leela Ramdeen by a 10 year old girl in London in May 2011.

by Cherisse Hawkins (10 years)

Somewhere in London
there’s a child all alone.
A shade of grey outside;
a world of colour in her heart.

Where is her mother?
Where is her father?
Nobody knows.

When did she have her last plate of food?

Question existing.

Innocent creature
unknown danger.

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She picks it up with
delicate fingers,
wishing she could read
the writing on it.

Cautiously she opens it.
Money! There is money in it
and a note that spells:
“F-o-r   y-o-u”.

Tears roll down her cheeks.
She can afford to buy food.
World of pure colour in her heart.
Money from a donor.
She is safe… for now.

 

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Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection May 8 – Third Sunday of Easter (A)

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Lk 24, 13 – 35

That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of the things that have taken place there in these days?”

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How to lessen racial divisions

Mike James
by Mike James

By Mike James
mikejames@aecrc.org

Our Caribbean Church also calls us to concrete action on Race issues

There is also much that can be done by the Church in this matter. We must constantly preach and teach that any form of racial prejudice is a direct sin against Christ’s command to love our neighbour as ourselves. We must stress and promote the positive values inherent in each culture so that people will come to respect them and those who hold them. It will be useful to encourage serious study into racial origins and the causes of conflict so that people can look at this whole question in a mature and non-emotional manner.

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Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection May 1 – Second Sunday of Easter [A] (Divine Mercy Sunday)

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Jn 20:19-31

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

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Take no account of race

Mike James
by Mike James

By Mike James

mikejames@aecrc.org

In Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, countries with significant proportions of populations which trace roots back to Africa and India, the issue of racial equality and rights has recently become a hot topic of debate (again).

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