PALM SUNDAY - DIUMENGE DE RAMS

Dollo, St. Mark main parish, Bunj, Mabaan_ML

Jesus was welcomed into Jerusalem with jubilation, but soon after that he was
betrayed,
               arrested,
                            denied,
                                        tortured and
                                                             crucified.

Often in our relationships we are warm and hospitable but we can also betray, arrest, deny, torture and crucify one another.

Holy week is a good time
                                          to do a bit of soul searching and
                                                                                              ask for the gift of personal transformation

so that we may be able to stop spreading anger,
                                                                           violence,
                                                                                          death and destruction.

TILL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD - FINS A LA FI DEL MÓN

New Guffa Christian Community after mass

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Sometimes one has the privilege of reaching to far places where the sky and the trees are the only silent companions. Last Sunday we went to New Guffa, very near the border with Sudan (Blue Nile).

We gathered under a dilapidated grass tatched church and remembered the life of Jesus in the Eucharist once more.  In the midst of dire need and very limited resources there is so much joy. One only has to open his eyes to that deeper reality that inhabits every corner of the world, even this lost and remote corned of South Sudan.

CAS
A veces uno tiene el privilegio de ser enviado a rincones solitarios donde los árboles y el cielo son la única compañía. El domingo pasado fuimos a New Guffa, muy cerca de la frontera con Sudán (Nilo Azul).

Una vez más recordamos la sencilla vida de Jesús en la Eucaristía, reunidos bajo una cubierta de paja destartalada y llena de termitas. Con sólo lo imprescindible para sobrevivir y sufriendo ya lo peor de la época seca (sin mucho alimento en las alacenas) el gozo nos abrasa. Uno sólo debe mirar atentamente para descubrir esa profunda realidad habitándolo todo, también este rincón de mundo, en el Sudán del Sur.