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2011

Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection Apr 24 – Easter Sunday (A)

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Post date April 21, 2011
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by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: Jn 20:1-9

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.

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The most important event in history

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Post date April 20, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum – I arose, and am still with you; you have set your hand upon me.”

On behalf of members of CCSJ, I wish you all a happy and holy Easter. Christ has risen, Alleluia! Let us say like St Augustine: “We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song.”

Today we celebrate the most important event in the history of humankind – the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The resurrection is central to our faith as Catholics. By rising from the dead, Jesus freed us from original sin. That is what we call “radical love”. As today’s Psalm 118 says, the Lord’s “steadfast love endures forever.”

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Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection Apr 17 – Palm Sunday of the Lord (A)

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Post date April 15, 2011

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Passion according to Matthew 27, 11 – 54

Jesus stood before the governor, Pontius Pilate, who questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus said, “You say so.” And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
he made no answer. Then Pilate said to him, “Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?” But he did not answer him one word, so that the governor was greatly amazed. Now on the occasion of the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wished. And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

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Combatting human trafficking

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Post date April 14, 2011

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ

“The trade in human persons constitutes a shocking offense against human dignity and a grave violation of fundamental human rights. … Such situations are an affront to fundamental values which are shared by all cultures and peoples, values rooted in the very nature of the human person.” (Pope John Paul II)

As we enter Holy Week and journey with Christ to Calvary, let us remember the enormity of the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. This should send us from the images of Christ crucified on Calvary to the images of Christ crucified on the highways and byways in T&T/the world.

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Fr Joe’s Gospel Reflection Apr 10 – Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)

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Post date April 8, 2011

by Fr Joseph Harris, CSSp

Gospel: John 11, 1 – 45

Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.