Lent 5 – Message from Archbishop Gregory
LISTEN to The Most Rev Howard Gregory – Archbishop of The Province of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Island
Month: March 2020
Receiving Communion in one Kind
Communion and the Coronavirus-COVID 19 Pandemic. Background: Recently, against the background of the Novel Coronavirus, COVID19, I posted (in the Diocesan WhatsApp group) some thoughts in response to the concerns articulated by sections of the Church’s membership, arising out of the Archbishop Gregory’s Pastoral letter which called the clergy to …
COVID-19 – A Call for Reflection says, Archbishop Gregory
The Most Rev. Howard Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands, says that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) presents an inescapable call for citizens to reflect on how their life and that of the Jamaican society are structured, and how this impacts the life of …
Think on These Things – COVID-19 March 2020
Good afternoon. There has never been anything of the likes of this coronavirus (COVID-19) which the entire global community now has to confront. So, here we are in Jamaica facing the worse threat to the life of our people and our economy which we have ever had to confront. Yes, …
God of Love and Compassion
The gospel reading from Mark 8: 1-8 tells the story of the feeding of the four thousand. In this account, Jesus entered into the situation of the people who were following him. He saw and felt what they did and understood what would happen were they to go on without …
Homily – Lent 4, 2020 – from Archbishop Gregory
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Bible Moment – Having Faith
A friend of mine asked me this morning what is faith. Is it magic or a panacea? I defined it this way. ‘It is a knowing and understanding that whatever is happening God is in the midst of it and all will be well.’ The King James version in Hebrews …
Diocese Suspends Services
The Diocese has suspended services in keeping with the Government’s restrictions on public gatherings of more than 20 persons, to help stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The directive to clergy and congregations was issued yesterday (March 17) by the Most Rev. Howard Gregory, Archbishop of the West Indies …
The Rest that transcends Sleep.
Mark 1: 29-45 [note verse 35 highlighted below] “In the morning while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed…” In today’s reading Jesus is very busy! He had moved from the synagogue to Peter’s house, hoping perhaps for …