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Easter Monday
Today’s readings Well, it wasn’t all that long ago that we saw the disciples scatter in fear, was it? Here they had seen their friend arrested, tortured, and killed, so one could not blame them for running scared. I’m sure I would have done no different if I had been them. But in today’s first…
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Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord
Today’s readings There’s certainly a flurry of activity in today’s readings, isn’t there? Especially in the Gospel, we see Mary Magdalene run from the empty tomb to get the Apostles. And then Peter and the “disciple whom Jesus loved” ran to the tomb. This flurry of activity centers around a crisis in their faith, a…
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The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Today’s readings We English-speakers have just one word for time, but other languages have more; those languages recognize the different kinds of time. Most notably for us, because it is reflected in the New Testament, the Greek language has two kinds of time: chronos and kairos. Chronos is the kind of time you can measure. It’s a day or…
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Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Today’s readings Last night, I talked about the New Testament theme of kenosis, which is the idea of self-emptying, of pouring oneself out. Last night, we talked about that in terms of the call to service: that Jesus himself got up from table, tied a towel around himself and took the lowest position, washing the…
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Holy Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel gives us a very interesting start to the Sacred Paschal Triduum. This three-day-long-feast begins with a meal, which makes sense. But it’s a meal interrupted by a very important teaching. I think it’s fair to say that Jesus never did anything without also trying to teach something important in the process. …
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Tuesday of Holy Week
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reading contains four of the most chilling words in all of holy Scripture: “And it was night.” Those narrative words come just after Judas takes the morsel and leaves the gathering. But the Beloved Disciple didn’t include those words to tell us the time of day. In John’s Gospel, there is…
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Monday of Holy Week
Today’s readings There are two things going on in today’s Scripture readings. First, we have the Jews, and now Judas among them, who are very jealous of Jesus and are seeking to arrest and kill him. And not just him, but anyone who encourages people to believe in him, like Lazarus in today’s Gospel. In…
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Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Today’s readings And so it begins. We who have been keeping Lent these forty days are coming to Lent’s fulfillment. Over the course of this week, we will gather several times to mark the events that have won our salvation. On Thursday, we will gather at 7pm to celebrate the Lord’s Supper: that night when…
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Today’s readings The story is quickly coming to its climax. Jesus’ claims of divinity are really starting to rile the Jews. They have placed their hope in Abraham and the prophets – great men to be sure – but seem to have forgotten about the promise of a Messiah, and so they totally miss the…
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