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‘Use Lent to reflect, pray’
Article by February 18, 2021
On Ash Wednesday, the start of the Christian period of Lent, religious leaders urged Barbadians to use this time of lockdown wisely in Lenten reflection and prayer.
During Ash Wednesday Mass from the St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Bishop-elect Neil Scantlebury said Barbadians should use these times being spent indoors, to pray and meditate on the word of God.
He said: “In this shutdown, we stay home, and what can we do? We can easily get depressed, frustrated, yell and shout at whoever else is in the room.
“So often we are upset and annoyed that we can’t go here, there and do everything that we want to do. It calls for self-restraint yes, self-control – it calls for us to say no to the temptations of wanting to go out there. Now Lent offers that opportunity to grow in these virtues, because Lent indeed is a time where we must master the self, yes. Too often we want to do what we w
New Bishop to reach out to homosexuals
Article by December 30, 2020
The first Barbadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church will be exploring how the Church can reach out to members of the homosexual community when he takes up his duties in another three months.
During a meet and greet with members of the media via Zoom today, 55-year-old Bishop-elect Neil Scantlebury stressed that everyone needed salvation, as all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.
“My sin may not be your sin, and your sin may not be my sin, but yet we are all sinners, and being sinners we need the mercy and grace of God. Experiencing God’s forgiveness and mercy and knowing what God desires of us will indeed help to push us in the right direction,” he said.