Catholic Commission for Social Justice
Gospel Lk. 9: 18 – 24
Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
By Nadine Bushell, Corporate Secretary Catholic Commission for Social Justice
Having just come out of democratic national elections and with the formation of a new democratically elected government, it is important that we as Catholics understand our role as citizens of Trinidad and Tobago.
Gospel: Luke 7, 36-50
A Pharisee invited him to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”
In the landmark 1971Pastoral Letter “Justice and Peace in a New Caribbean” quoted in last week’s article, the bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference, echoing the consistent teaching of the Church over the centuries in faithful witness to its founder Jesus Christ declared:
“... the work of the Church cannot be confined to the sacristy or the sanctuary. On the contrary it is the Church’s vocation to be present in the heart of the world by proclaiming the Good News to the poor, freedom to the oppressed, and joy to the afflicted. (Luke 4:16-22) Christ clearly proclaimed that this was his own mission. It must therefore also be the mission of the Church He founded.”
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