Too many inflated egos have created problems within Trinidad and Tobago, Archbishop Jason Gordon has warned.
In his homily during Easter Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception this morning, he said many people had been led astray by the allure of power and command.
"If there is a challenge in our country today, it is we have gone the way of ego. We have gone the way of ego, even in our prayers you hear the ego, even in our families, we hear the ego. Who is top dog and who is not, who calling shots and who is not, who giving command and who is not. And the ego is killing us because as we fill ourselves with ego all we do is give many, many handles for us to be pulled into the darkness and into the mire and that squalor that we experience in society today. That's all we're doing," said the Archbishop, who felt that these ego-driven individuals had contributed to the crime situation in the country.
As a result, he called on the congregation to heed Jesus Christ's example, when he opted to wash the feet of his disciples before his death, as a way to learn and show humility.
"The way out of this darkness that we are facing right now, the darkness of domestic violence, the darkness of murders we have experienced, the darkness of the crime that is rising, the darkness that we are feeling in the recklessness of our living, the only way out of this darkness brothers and sisters is through the light of the resurrection to shine its light brightly upon Trinidad and Tobago today," said the Archbishop, "for that light to shine, you and I have to empty ourselves of our ego and seek the truth of Jesus Christ and seek all that he asks of us."