Saturday December 6th: From village to village, Jesus walking through Trinbago
December 6, 2025
Monday December 8th: Full of Grace
December 8, 2025
‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.’
Matthew 3:1-12
The essential message of John the Baptist is “Repentance.” Jesus also started his ministry with these same words.
Repentance is more than just turning away from sin. It is turning to a life of faithfulness and fruitfulness. A fundamental turn around involving the mind and heart. The early Church Fathers called this the moment of ‘conversion’ or ‘metanoia’, a change of heart and mind, an insightful conversion
The crises facing humanity today are real and profound: From climate change to wars, including threats of nuclear war, to the demise of democracy as we know it. Dialogues on Climate Change raise the question, ‘Are we facing our own extinction as a species?’
To repent is not to feel bad but to think differently and therefore to act differently.
When John says repent, he is inviting us to make a radical break with our sinful past and to turn afresh to God. We must guard against finding other names for sin and blaming others, and this includes sin against our planet as well as against our brothers and sisters.
