Archbishop: Love is what’s needed

“All of us have lived many Easters, told Almighty God easy promises of rejecting sin but most of us remain the same after Easter.

“Our country needs us to take Easter seriously.

“Our country needs us to take the new life seriously...

Our duty is not to ensure we become richest nation on Earth but a nation of peace, love and justice.” “You see, resurrection is about new life and what newer life can we have that a nation once known for bobol and corruption now known as a nation of peace, love and justice? So if we are serious about resurrection and new life, we have to change our lifestyles.” Father Harris was addressing worshippers during the Easter Sunday service yesterday morning at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Independence Square, Port-of- Spain. Comparing the dreams of Jesus’ disciples prior to His death to those of TT citizens who believed in the message of a new political order that was promised by National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) during the the 1986 General Election, the Archbishop recalled that, “there was talk of a new movement __ One Love.” “It was a dream that everyone held dear...but in a short while, the government that was supposed to help make that dream real began to disintegrate.

“Once more, a sense of disappointment took over but my dear friends, dreams do not die if there is a will and the disciples in spite of their disappointment, kept on dreaming (after Jesus’ crucifixion).” Although he didn’t refer to crime or murders in TT during yesterday’s homily, Father Harris spoke about how the ideals of One Love can lead to an improved TT.

“Jesus, after the resurrection, purified that dream __ no longer were disciples to dream of a kingdom of this world.

Now they dreamed of a kingdom yes but (one) captained by love, by justice, by peace.

“My brothers and sisters, you and I are descendants of those first disciples.” “While we all want One Love, we have to understand that the kingdom we seek is not of this world.

“It is of love, justice, peace.

That only comes about by living the new life that Jesus showed us in how he lived his life, death and resurrection,” Father Harris advised.

As the men, women and children gathered at the cathedral paid close attention, Father Harris said Jesus showed us, through his actions, how to live this new life.

This included eating the Passover meal on Holy Thursday family-style with His disciples because Jesus considered them his bothers.

He also washed their feet, a job normally reserved for servants at the time, to demonstrate that we must become the servants of one another.