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Solidarity Resource Book

forShareLife 2011

C-11-S-22

Building a World of Justice

This book includes resour ces you can use to make yourShareLife gatherings prayer ul, refective and celebratory

occasions.

DevelopmentanD peaceis the oicial internationaldevelopment organization othe Catholic Church in Canada.


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Prayers of the Faithfulfor the Sundays in Lent

Fo all thos who walk alogsd commuts ad

Popl lvg povty thoughout th wold,

Og sptual, matal ad poltcal suppot,

W gv you thaks ad pas.

Fo all thos who act o w vsos o patshp,

Modllg just ways o wokg alogsd pats

Th Global South,


Fo th Catholc Chuch TiMOr-LeSTe,

Stugglg o compassoat dmocacy

Fom th mdst o ts popl,


Fo all thos who ducat ad act o global justc

Commuts thoughout Caada,

rmdg us that justc s Gods wok o eath,


Am

(Adapted from Kairos, 2002)

Fo all ou pats LATin AMeriCA,

Wokg to d th xplotato o th lad

By som uthcal Caada mg compas,


Fo ou pats AFriCA,

Wokg to su that th popl ad th wold

Bft om ood sovgty,


Fo ou pats ASiA,

Wth a passo o justc that hlps thos

Dd wat accss by bottld wat compas,


Fo ou pats th MiDDLe eAST,

Wokg, lk so may pats aoud th wold,

To bg pac to th lads,



3/1232011 Solidarity Resources

The ShareLife Symbolso Solidarity are a meaning-ul way to introduce the DevelopmentanD peaceShareLife campaign. This year, the symbols helpus reect on the experience o the tiny nation oTimor-Leste on its long journey to compassion-ate democracy ater centuries o Portuguesecolonization, Indonesian occupation and humanrights abuses. The difculty o such a journeyis one that many countries o the Global Southhave experienced. DevelopmentanD peacepart-ners help oster compassionate democracy.

What you will need:

Eight volunteers to carry or act out thesymbols. Invite youth, new Canadians

and children or a amily to be part o theprocession.

Decide where you will place the symbolswhen they are processed in. This might bearound the altar, on a table decorated orthe purpose, or on a display in the wor-ship space or meeting room.

A large, at straw basket or other suitablelarge, at dish should be ready near the

narrator to receive the symbols.

Any kind o ragrant wood, such as cedar.

Woven, patterned cloth.

Purple ribbons.

White ribbons.

The symbols are also a visible reminder o oursolidarity with our sisters and brothers in theGlobal South. They are designed as a processionbeore or during Mass or at other gatherings.

Allow brie pauses between symbols to createsome dramatic eect. The procession o eachsymbol will start as the narrator or reader beginseach section, ending at the ront o the church orroom.

NOTE: Timor-Leste was previously known asEast Timor.

Symbols of Solidarity

The Road to Freedom: Timor-Leste



Sndlwd(use any small piece of fragrant wood)

Process in with a piece of fragrant wood.Hold it for all to see.

W pst th symbol o sadalwood, valud so much

o ts pum that today t s a ad xpsv. Th

ds o sadalwood ld th Potugus to coloz

Tmo-Lst th 1500s. now osho ol svs -

tst ghboug idosa, whch voltly occupd

Tmo-Lst om 1974 to 1999, ad aby Austala.

i 2010 Bshop Albto rcado da Slva o Tmo-Lst

pstd DevelopmentanD peacead ts mmbs

wth a ctcat o thaks o ou soldaty. Th c-

tcat atud stps o sadalwood, whch h sad stll

spgs up vywh Tmo-Lst.

Wth ths wood, w call how th ds o soucs

ca lad th powul to voltly subjugat popls ad

pacts huma ghts abuss couts o th GlobalSouth. W call also how th popl a slt, ad

how th Catholc Chuch spods om th mdst o ts

popl to dd th huma ghts.Wh th ccumstacs waat t ad th Chuch

bcoms actv as a advocat o huma ghts, t s

kpg ath wth th Gospl, sad Bshop Blo. Th

Chuch has to act to potct th wak ad vulabl.

NaRRaToR:

Today w wll fct o th ol o th Catholc

Chuch ddg huma ghts th atos o

th Global South.

Wth th pstato o ths symbols w ocus o

th stoy o a w ato, Tmo-Lst, Southast

Asa. Wh th Potugus lt 1975 at mo

tha 400 yas o colozato, ths ty slad a-

to was mmdatly occupd by th idosa

amy. Ov th xt 24 yas, as may as 180,000 T-

mos aly a thd o th populato lost th

lvs du to massv huma ghts abuss. Focd

to dcla a lgo, mo tha 80 pct o th

populato tud to Catholcsm. Th Tmos

Catholc Chuch bcam a postoy o Tmos

cultu, a dd o huma ghts, a advocat o

Tmos dpdc, ad a popot o popl-

st dvlopmt.

WthDevelopmentanD peace, th Caada

Catholc Chuch suppotd th Tmos Catholc

Chuch ad Bshop Calos Xms Blo callg

o th wolds hlp achvg dpdc. i

1996, Bshop Blo bcam th st Catholc Bshopto b awadd a nobl Pac Pz. i 2002, Tmo-

Lst achvd dpdc as a w ato.

DevelopmentanD peace was th soldaty

wth th Tmos Catholc Chuch dug th

tasto o Tmo-Lst om occupd couty

to dpdt ato. W cotu to accompay

th Tmos Catholc Chuch, Tmos pats

ad th Tmos popl th ogog stuggl

towads tuly compassoat dmocacy.

Wven clthProcess in with a piece of woven cloth that all can see.

W pst a wov pc o cloth as a symbol o Tmo

Lsts jouy towad compassoat dmocacy. Ta-

dtoal mthods o wavg hav suvvd thoughou

Tmo-Lst. each o ts 13 dstcts s pstd th

w palamt buldg wth a lag chaactstc wav

g that dcoats th walls wh w laws a dbatdad passd. Dmocacy Tmo-Lst s agl, ad

justc ad th ul o law a w.



Th Womens Parliamentary Caucus, a patn oDevelop-

mentanDpeace, has hlpd nsu that nw laws n th

nw county consd th nds o womn. Togth wth

othDevelopmentanDpeacepatns, t hlpd cat

and pass th Law Aganst Domstc Volnc.

Th Chuch s pat o ths tansomaton. Th whol

pocss o omaton o ths popl as a naton, all th

poblms whch t wll mt, all th challngs t wllac, a th poblms and challngs o th Chuch,

sad Bshop Blo.

Freeing the slvesProcess in with two people whose hands are bound

behind them with purple ribbons. Remove the ribbonsfrom their hands when you reach your display area.

W psnt two slavs bng d as a symbol o Tmo-

Lsts long oad to dom. Thoughout th dak

days o indonsan occupaton, th Tmos Catholc

Chuch dndd th popls human ghts. Bshop

Blo, wth th hlp oDevelopmentanD peace, th

Canadan Connc o Catholc Bshops and oth

Catholc agncs woldwd, bought th wolds at-

tnton to th stuaton o hs popl. in 1999 th in-

donsans wthdw, and n 2002 Tmo-Lst achvd

ndpndnc.

W, th pdomnantly Chstan popl o east Tmo,

lk to thnk o th oad w hav takn to dom as th

oad that Jsus Chst took towad east towad thrsucton. it s a Way o th Coss: A Paschal xp-

nc n ts dpst sns: l though dath, consolaton

though dsolaton, dom though oppsson, justc

though mpunty, vctoy though dat, hop though

dspa, sad Bshop Blo.

PeceTwo people process in with their hands clasped in a

handshake and holding a white ribbon. Raise their

hands and show to all as they reach the display area.

W psnt ths nds wth claspd hands and wht

bbons as a symbol o conclaton and pac. Both

a ndd n hlpng Tmo-Lst ovcom th lgacy

o a volnt past.

DevelopmentanD peaces Tmos patn th Justice

and Peace Commission nds ways to cat pac om th

volnc that stll upts wthn Tmo-Lst. Followng

NaRRaToR:

We leave you with this prayer:

Lod, w pay n soldaty wth th Tmos

popl. May thy l you halng pow as thy

wok towads conclaton and buld th

homland.

Gv us th stngth to answ th call to b ath-

ul wtnsss to Chst, walkng n soldaty wth

th Tmos. Thy will be done.

th ots o 2006, n whch 16 youth gangs w actv,

th JPCound ways to ngag all th gangs n dalogu

wth polc.

Th JPCs actons fct ths wods o Bshop Blo: W

hav sud nomous losss on ou oad to dom.

W must commt ouslvs to tuth and conclaton,

to justc and pac. W must tavl wth hop, lookng

bhnd th hozon to a compassonat dmocacy. it

s ou oad to east to rsucton.

The narrator turns to the basket:

in ths baskt w wll gath and dsplay th symbols o

Tmo-Lst that w hav psntd to you today. W

stand n soldaty wth th Tmos Catholc Chuchand th Tmos patns oDevelopmentanD peace

as thy contnu th jouny towads compassonat

dmocacy.

We... like to think of the

road we have taken to

freedom as the road that

Jesus Christ took toward

Easter toward the

Resurrection. It is a Way

of the Cross: A Paschal

experience in its deepestsense.

Bishop Carlos XimenesBelo, shown with the Nobel

Peace Prize he won in 1996.



1. Jesus in the garden(Green ribbon)

Optional props: Six candles; the DevelopmentanD

peace2006 2011 campaign principles poster; or

Faith Refections based on the principles (available

on our website or through your animator)

Lght sx candles to epesent the sx pncples that

have guded DevelopmentanD peaces campagn n

the past ve yeas. They ae pnted on the back o ou

5-yea olde and on the pncples poste, o on the

Fath refectons. Check ou webste.

Refection: Jesus tuned to hs athe n heaven o com-ot and suppot. He was ully awae o what was gong

to happen to hm, and chose to spend tme payng to

hs athe. He asked hs ends to stay wth hm and

keep watch, but nstead they ell asleep and abandoned

hm n hs hou o need.

Today, we also abandon Chst when we al to stand

n soldaty wth the people o the Global South.

Some Canadan mnng companes, the gowng

demand o agouels n Westen countes, and the

commodcaton o bottled wate aect the lves and

lvelhoods o ou bothes and sstes n the GlobalSouth. They ae losng access to land and wate, and

some lve n communtes dvded by unscupulous

mnng companes. The ght to patcpate ully n and

have contol ove decsons, especally about esouces

that aect the lves and communtes s mpotant o

DevelopmentanD peacepatnes.

Prayer: We ask the Lod o stength and gudance to

become people o wtness. To emembe that the love

you have o us s the way we should love one anothe.

Help us to stand n soldaty wth ou bothes andsstes and not abandon them.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be people

o witness.

2. Jesus betrayed by Judas(Black ribbon)

Refection: Jesus chose Judas to be one o hs twelve ds

cples, a athul ollowe. But Judas betayed hs endby gong to the che pests and pomsng to lead the

authotes to Jesus n exchange o money.

May 20, 2002, maked the bth o a new naton

Tmo-Leste, whch suvved 24 yeas o oppesson by

indonesas occupyng oces. The Tmoese have sen

om the ashes to begn the jouney towads eedom

and sel-detemnaton. DevelopmentanD peacewas

a loyal ally o the Tmoese Catholc Chuch n the yeas

leadng up to ndependence. We contnue to stand n

Introduction

The Way o the Cross calls us to recall the

suering o Jesus in a particular way. Today,many people in our world living in Asia,Arica, Latin America and the Middle East

continue to carry the cross o Christ. This

Way o the Cross allows us to refect both

on these burdens, and on the Resurrection

the ways o hope that lead to new lie. Yoursupport oDevelopmentanD peaceallows

these communities in the Global South toconstruct new lie.

This Way of the Cross is adapted from one devel-oped by Caritas Australia.DevelopmentanD

peaceis a member of Caritas Internationalis.

Optional activity:

At each station a coloured piece of ribbon should

be given to each person. Each station should have

a different colour. At the last station the ribbons

can be twisted together to symbolize the interde-

pendency of all peoples in our global community:

what we do as individuals and as a communityhas ripple effects on individuals and communi-

ties around the world. Encourage participants to

keep their ribbons in their pockets or handbags

to remind them that what God wants from us is

a commitment in all areas of our lives to love one

another. There are some suggestions for other

props; feel free to adapt.

ShareLife Way of the Cross



soldaty wth th Tmos Chuch and ths coua-

gous popl as thy buld a naton.

Prayer: Lod, w pay n soldaty wth th Tmos

popl. May thy l you halng pow as thy wok

towads conclaton and buld th homland.

Holy Spt, gv us th stngth to answ th call to

b athul wtnsss to Chst, advocatng o justc o

th Tmos. Thy will b d.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be people of

promise, loyalty and compassion.

3. Jesus is condemned to death(Yellow ribbon)

Refection: Osca romo, th Achbshop o San Sal-

vado, was nspd by hs ath to spak out aganst

volnc, povty and njustc. H was assassnatd on

Mach 24, 1980, whl clbatng Mass.

Osca romo s a modn-day maty who lk Jsus

gav hs l o hs popl: th oppssd and th ma-

gnalzd poo o el Salvado.

Today, w a calld to spak out aganst njustc

as wll. As th Achbshop sad, Th Chuch cannot

man slnt bo njustc; to man slnt s to b

an accomplc.

Prayer: May th couag o Osca romo nsp us to

wok wth ntgty o an nd to volnc and povty.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be witnesses

to your love through our defence of the poor.

4. Jesus denied by Peter(Dark-green ribbon)

Optional: Symbols of the earth soil, water, seeds,

plants, grains.

Refection: Just as Judas succumbd to tmptaton,

Pt also lt Jsus down. Th tms h was dntfd

as a ollow o Jsus, and th tms h dnd any as-

socaton wth hm. Judas lat pntd, and Pt too,

and tund to th Lod o ogvnss.

How many tms hav w ald to s th ac o Jsus

n thos n ou global amly who wak ach day to a

l o sung? How otn do w dsconnct ouslvs

om global ssus?

Small-scal ams n dvlopng counts poduc

hal o th wolds ood. Th accss to land s ncas-

ngly thatnd by th spad o nomous agoul

plantatons gowng ood cops such as con o soya to

ul th cas o Wstn natons.

Prayer: Holy Spt, gud wold lads to suppot

small-scal ams so thy can d th communts.

May w us ou dom to sv oths.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be witnessesto truth and justice.

5. Jesus condemned by thepeople (Red ribbon)

Refection: Standng nnocnt bo thm, Jsus had to

ac th condmnaton o th cowd whch ncludd

popl who should hav spokn up o hm. But all w

aganst hm.Communts thoughout th wold a battlng

HiV and AiDS. Thy ac not only llnss, hadshp and

dath, but also th pjudc that coms om gnoanc

and th a that lads oths to abandon thm. Do w

hav th couag to conont pjudc wth lov?

Prayer: Lod, hlp thos actd by HiV and AiDS to

b su n th dgnty as Gods popl.

Members of the 2010 DevelopmentanD peace

Exposure tour visit a memorial at Timor Lestes Santa

Cruz cemetery, where Indonesian soldiers massacred

260 protesters in 1991.



Hlp you Chuch thoughout th wold to gow as

a compassonat communty, and as a voc o justc

that wll o spak o thos who a condmnd out o

pjudc and a.


of compassion and wisdom.

6. Jesus crowned with thornsand clothed in purple(Purple ribbon)

Refection: Th mag o Jsus at ths staton s on o

physcal sung. Mo than that, t s th mag o

somon who stands panully alon, wthout alls,

among thos who thatn and hut.

Th popl o Dau hav xpncd th pans o

wa, ocbl dsplacmnt and physcal dpvaton.

Whn human bngs a plungd nto th dpths o su-ng, a loss o hop and a challng to ath can sult.

How can w stand slnt whl ths sung s n-

fctd on ou boths and ssts? How can w not lt

thm know Gods lov though us? Ou unon wth God

s fctd n th xtnt to whch w commt ouslvs

to ths ots.

Prayer: Lod, w blong to on human amly.

Hlp us to opn ou hats to thos who su, to

o ou talnts to th caus o justc, and to gv ou

hands to thos who suppot th stuggls o l andpac.


of hope.

7. Jesus carries the cross(Orange ribbon)

Optional prop:A pair of shoes.

Refection: Bang th wght o th coss took mntal,sptual, motonal and physcal stngth.

rugs who sk asylum om a, oppsson

and dang must gath th stngth thy nd to nd

a btt l n nw suoundngs. Th gnun cy o

justc cannot b gnod. Th duty to dnd human

ghts s cla.

Prayer: Lod, w pay o pac n lands so much n

css that th popls must lav thm.

W pay o ou own popl so that n a spt o lov

w can o a wlcomng plac to thos who nd t.


of inclusion.

8. Jesus assisted by Simon ofCyrene (Light-blue ribbon)

Refection: As Jsus stuggld on th way o soows

to hs cucxon, h was hlpd by a man who dd not

vn know hm.

Th popl o Aca, Asa, Latn Amca and th

Mddl east a ou nghbous. Communts a ty

ng to sto tust and common goals at dvson

has bn sown by ogn mnng compans, somtms

Canadan ons. Thy nd not cay th budn alon

in patnshp wth thm,DevelopmentanDpeacehas

calld Canadan mnng compans to account.

Prayer: Lod, hlp us to sha ou stngth, wllngly

wth ou nghbous who a on th jouny om a to

tust, om confct to pac, om dvson to hamony

W can ba som o th wght o th stuggls.


of solidarity.

9. Jesus meets the women ofJerusalem (Pink ribbon)

Refection: Jsus Chst can ha womn cyng o hm

H s touchd, but h knows that thy hav mo thngs

o whch to l soow. Th chldn o th wold a

hungy. Moths wp o thm and Jsus wps also.

Womn thoughout th wold stll stuggl to b

cognzd. in many counts, womn do not hav

accss to basc ducaton. Womn a sold nto slavy

and posttuton. Th basc dgnty o womn contnus

to b nngd upon ach day thoughout th wold.

Prayer: Lod, w pay o th womn o ou wold

Hlp us to s womn as th l-gvs, th woks, th

nutus. Lod, w pay that popl may s womn as

you do.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be advocates

for the dignity and the rights of women.



11. Jesus speaks to the thie(Dark-blue ribbon)

Optional: A bowl or pitcher of water, empty water

bottles, Bottled Water Free Zone pledge cards and

the tabloid from the fall campaign on bottled water.

Refection: Som small-scal armrs n indonsa ar

thratnd by th loss o tradtonal watr sourcs, such

as local sprngs, that ar controlld by bottld-watrcompans. Thr s lss watr n thr wlls and on

thr lands, and thy ar lss abl to arn lvlhoods

rom armng. As watr bcoms scarc, th dlcat

connctons btwn land, amly, rlgon and com-

munty ar svrd.

Prayer: Lord, hlp us opn our ys to th nds o

othrs who ar actd by th commodfcaton and

sllng o basc human ncssts such as watr. Jsus,

rmmbr us whn w com nto your kngdom.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be people ofsimplicity, integrity and care.

10. Jesus is crucifed(Crimson ribbon)

Refection: Jsus Chrst dd on th cross. Th crucfx-

on contnus n our world.

in Canada, th condtons surd by popl n som

indgnous communts ar comparabl to thos su-

rd by th poorst n countrs n th Global South.

Young popl commt sucd. Oldr popl sur romdabts and malnutrton. in Canada, w sparatd

indgnous chldrn rom thr parnts and cultur by

sndng thm to rsdntal schools, whr many wr

subsquntly abusd. Ths has had a lastng ct on

indgnous amly and communty l and cohson.

Today, w try to mak amnds through apology and

rconclaton.

indgnous popl ar among th poorst and th ds-

possssd n th countrs o Asa, Arca, Latn Amrca

and th Mddl east whr DevelopmentanD peace

partnrs ar actv.

Prayer: Lord, gv us th strngth and rsolv to work

or justc or indgnous popl, to mov byond

tolranc and work toward rghts, rcognton and

rconclaton.


who lead the way in upholding the rights and recog

nition of Indigenous peoples.


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12. Jesus speaks to his mother(Light-purple ribbon)

Refection: Cambodas matrnal mortalty rat s on

o th hghst n th world. Womn contnu to d n

chldbrth du to unsantary condtons and lack o ac-

css to mdcal srvcs.Jsus ss th pan n hs mothrs ys ... Wma,thi i yur , ad thi i yur mthr. in Mary, w s allwomn. Jsus saw th pan n hs mothrs ys as h

hung on th cross. Jsus ls th pan o mothrs who

los thr chldrn.

Prayer: Lord hlp us to lov lk mothrs, to xprnc

a wllng up o lov or th surng Chrst. That sur-

ng Chrst s prsnt n th poor. it s hr that w most

ncountr Chrst.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be people

who challenge the structures and cultural inuences

that keep women poor and marginalized.

13. Jesus dies on the cross(Brown ribbon)

Refection: Jsus shows that h trusts n th wll o God.

Many o our partnrs struggl or th rghts o thr

communts to lv n dgnty at grat prsonal cost,

ncludng assassnatons, volnc and thrats. KmyPrna Domco, a tradtonal ladr o th Colombas

embra Kato indgnous popl, spok loquntly

about th mpact o a consortums major dam on hs

popls tradtonal lvlhoods. Kmy has not bn sn

snc h was kdnappd rom th strts o a Colomban

cty n 2001.

Prayer: Lord, hlp us to b wtnsss to th Lords mrcy

hr on arth. Hlp us to act wth justc, lov and tn-

drnss, and to walk humbly wth God.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to act with jus tice, love and tenderness.

14. Jesus is buried(White ribbon)

Props: As in the frst station we return to the six

candles and the six principles o thisDevelopment

anD peacecampaign now ending.

in th shadow o th sadnss and gr o th tomb

w tak tm to rfct on what has bn and what can

b. W us ths tm n th tomb to rnw our commt-

mnt to truth, justc, pac and mrcy.

Refection: Th rnds o Jsus had to lav hs body

wrappd n a lnn cloth and rturn to thr hom. Thy

would hav to wat to do what ndd to b don.

W rturn to th sx prncpls o ths campagn and

consdr what w nd to do to nsur that vryon

has th rght to partcpat ully n and hav control

ovr dcsons that act thr lvs and communts.

it s mportant to b dscrnng about how w work

or justc, to uphold th human dgnty o all w sk

to srv, and to rmmbr that t was Chrst who st th

xampl o lov, charty, compasson and justc.

From ths prspctv, w nd rnwal: a rnwal o

passon, to allow Gods grac to work wthn us.

Prayer: Lord, lt us go back to th tomb and tnd to our

sstrs and brothrs. Hlp us to commt to th uturand antcpat th rsurrcton.

ResPonse: Holy Spirit, empower us to be people o

passion, inspiration and peace.

For the beneft o all

As we enjoy our abundance o wealth,We pray or the hungry nations o the world.

May they be reed rom the yoke ooppression.

ReSponSe: Hear your peoples plea.

As we celebrate the joys o creation,We pray or the people who are denied theirshare.May the earth and everything in itBe or the beneft o all human beings.


As we beneft rom international trade,We pray or the producers and workersWho are deprived o their just reward.May all created goods ow reely or all.


Tny singletn/CAFoD



Thank you, Father, for gvng me the opportunty to

talk to the congregaton gathered here today.

Good mornng/Good evenng. My name s

____________________ and im here on behalf of the

Canadan Catholc Organzaton for Development

anD peace.

Have you ever wondered f Jesus was an emotonal

person? Have you ever wondered f hs dvnty puthm above human feelngs?

Todays Gospel readng should dspel any doubt that

Jesus strongly felt human emotons. (If you are reading

on a sunday other than the Fifth sunday of Lent, pleae ad-

jut the text).

The readng contans the shortest verse n the Bble.

Four words: Jesus began to weep. Just four words,

but they say so much about our Lord. Later n the sto-

ry, as Jesus walked to the tomb of Lazarus, the Gospel

says, Jesus, agan greatly dsturbed.

The feelng that moved Jesus on ths and many other

occasons s compasson. in ths case t was compas-

son for the frends and famly of Lazarus who are

Notes

This refection is based on the Gospel read-ing or Solidarity Sunday, April 10. Pleaseeel ree to adjust the text or use on otherdays or during other weeks.

The Gospel reading or Solidarity Sunday is:John 11.1-45

Faith Reflection or Homily

Jesus Began to Weep:

Compassion builds a world of justice


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mounng hs death. Ths feelng moves Jesus so vey

deeply that he pefoms hs geatest and last macle.

He ases hs fend fom the dead.

Jesus also showed geat bavey n comng to Bethany

that day. He left a safe haven on the othe sde of the

Jodan rve to come to a place whee he was n dan-

ge. And when the chef pests and Phasees head of

the macle, they decded once and fo all that Jesushad to de.

Compasson s ou tanslaton of a Geek wod

used n the ognal Gospel text. The Geek wod s

much stonge though. it mples a gut-wenchng

Brazilian Prayer

for the end of povertyO Lord, God o lie,Who cares or all creation,Give us your peace.May our security not come rom arms,But rom respect.May our orce not be o violence,But o love.

May our wealth not be in money,

but in sharing.May our path not be o ambition,But o justice.May our victory not be rom vengeance,But in orgiveness.

Open and confdent, we want to deendThe dignity o all creation,Sharing, today and orever, the bread oSolidarity and peace.

In the name o Jesus,Your holy son, our brother,Who, as victim o our violence,Even rom the heights o the crossGave us all orgiveness.

Amen.

CAFoD/a Brazilian ecumenical cnference.

feelng that s emotonally and physcally dstubng.

Thoughout hs mnsty t s ths emoton Jesus feels

when faced by human suffeng. He feels ths gut-

wenchng compasson fo all manne of outcasts: the

lepes, the poo, the sck and the multtudes of people

who wee ejected by the sptual leades.

What would Jesus feel fo the people of Tmo-Leste,

who suffeed decades of tyanny and ae stll tyngto ecove fom the oppesson? What would Jesus

feel f he vsted the landless people of Bazl, lvng n

stck houses coveed by plastc sheets, yea afte yea

facng evcton fom the meage houses and seeng

the cops destoyed yet agan? What would Jesus feel

fo the people of Hat, who suffeed the catastophc

eathquake of Januay 2010?

The compasson that Jesus would feel fo these people

s the same compasson that moves Canadans yea

afte yea to donate money to Development anDpeace. The people of ths pash and pashes acoss

Canada know that Development anD peaces the

best way to suppot the people of the Global South

who stuggle aganst geat odds fo a lfe of human

dgnty.

The bavey that Jesus showed n asng Lazaus,

even though t would bng hm teble scutny fom

the Jewsh and roman authotes, s the same bavey

that moves the oppessed people of Tmo-Leste, the

landless of Bazl and the suvvos of the Hat eath-quake to se agan and buld lves of human dgnty.

Development anD peace has been and s a pat of all

these stuggles. Though Development anD peace

and ou patne oganzatons n these countes, you

too ae a pat of these stuggles.

i uge you to gve geneously to Development anD

peace though ou ShaeLfe campagn. The Catholc

Chuch n Canada has no bette way to suppot the

people of the Global South. Consde sgnng up fo

Share Year Round, the monthly gvng pogam that s

the best possble way to help. Please see me afte Mass

f you ae nteested.

Thank you.

By Danny Gillis

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