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Violence at our threshold
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMay 21, 2014Recently, a distinguished State prosecutor, Dana Seetahal, was gunned-down in Woodbrook, Trinidad on her way home. This bloody incident has evoked an outcry throughout the Caribbean. While it has engendered ...
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Power beyond the grave
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RApril 15, 2014> And the vine was nailed to two planks of dead wood; whereupon
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Focus for living
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RApril 8, 2014One of the biggest mistakes which we make is the assumption that the most important influence in our lives is political affiliation. In most countries, the only thing which apparently ...
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Has the Caribbean come of age?
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMarch 25, 2014In his prison in Germany, during World War II, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Protestant theologian, wrote the celebrated words, "The world has come of age." Many would most likely say that ...
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Merry-go-round Update
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RFeb. 25, 2014As usual, we seem to be moving around in circles. I thought that we had abandoned all standards of public moral propriety. Now some people are invoking those same standards ...
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Drug addiction
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RJan. 29, 2014The problem of narcotics is a much deeper problem than our politicians, our psychiatrists, our journalists and our religious leaders seem to make it. The manner in which they deal ...
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A man of destiny
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RDec. 20, 2013A shining light has appeared among us. It has shone most brightly on South Africa but it has shed its brilliant rays far and wide and has traversed the whole ...
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The killer instinct
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RNov. 19, 2013Some years ago, one afternoon, while I was at the presbytery, I saw two roosters having a bout. I was not in the least surprised. I had often seen that ...
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The Bond of Relationship
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RNov. 6, 2013Living as we do in community, trust is of the very essence of our relationship. It is the fabric of which harmony is made. Human encounter begins with trust and ...
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Power Gone Wild
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.ROct. 22, 2013Several months ago, there was an excellent presentation by Sir Brian Alleyne on the topic, 'The Faith and the Legal System'. Of course, this is a very vast subject. Certainly, ...
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Compassion
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.ROct. 15, 2013We live in a world which possesses time-old categories and time-old attitudes. The focus is often on strength and firmness of purpose. The most prominent persons are those who use ...
