Rescue us, Lord!

As a child, growing up with my grandmother, we often visited the book of Psalms when we did our nightly devotions. So the Psalms hold a priority place of prayer, praise and promise for me.  Today, I reflect on Psalm 31 verse 9: “Be gracious to me, O Lord, for …

Confidence & Purpose

Psalm 27: 10-14 10 If my father and mother forsake me,    the Lord will take me up.11 Teach me your way, O Lord,    and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,    for false witnesses have risen against me,    and they are breathing out violence. …

Faith in the midst of Fear

John 20: 19-31 Having read this passage of John a few times I have always asked the question, why is it Jesus only displays his hands, and side but not include his feet. However, I was being distracted by a small matter which was not as important as the gospel …

Let us keep the Feast. Alleluia!

Christ, our Passover has been sacrificed for us.  Therefore,  let us keep the Feast. Alleluia! 1 Corinthians 5:7 Take a moment to ponder One of the things that is both mysterious and yet delightful about the Christian Faith is that it calls us to be at home with the fact …

Easter Message

Recently, I underwent a minor medical procedure at the end of which the doctor asked if I was feeling any pain.  I indicated by way of response that what I was feeling was a mere discomfort because I have seen human pain and I could not bestow such a label …

Do Not Give Up!

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people. I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, …

The Eucharist in a time of Physical Distancing

london.anglican.org/articles/the-eucharist-in-a-time-of-physical-distancing/March 31, 2020Communications A paper from the London College of Bishops: Since the earliest days of the Church, Christians have gathered together to bless, break and share bread and to bless and share a cup of wine in obedience to the Lord’s command, given on the night before He died, …

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 …