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Easter Saturday
Today’s readings Every year about Easter time, there are news reports of archeological findings that point to the fact that Jesus did not rise from the dead. I personally think those are specifically timed to detract from the solemnity and the joy that Easter brings us. This year was no exception, with the claim that…
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Easter Thursday: Mystagogy Mass
Today’s readings We are a people who are really influenced by hindsight. How many times have you said, “I should have said…” or “If I knew then what I know now…”? It’s easy to have regrets about not being aware of what was happening at the time, but that’s really unproductive. Because as we look…
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Easter Tuesday
Today’s readings Much like Mary Magdalene in today’s Gospel, we are a people who find letting go very difficult to do. We want to hold on to things and people as they are, because what is familiar is so very comfortable to us. I think sometimes that’s true regardless of whether the familiar is positive…
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Easter Sunday
Today’s readings Have you ever had an “aha!” experience? Probably you have, although you might not have called it that. I can remember one of mine. Back in my early 20s, I was taking voice lessons. My teacher tried for weeks – well, probably months – to get me to learn a physical thing related…
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Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! Exult, all creation around God’s throne! Jesus Christ, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation! [more…]
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Holy Saturday
He descended into hell because “that which was not assumed was not redeemed.“ And now we prepare to keep vigil. From an ancient homily on Holy Saturday, in today’s Office of Readings: Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence…
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Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Today’s readings Generally speaking, we just hate to look at people suffering. Many people just can’t bring themselves to go to visit a loved one in the hospital or a nursing home, because they are so uncomfortable with the pain of others. Sometimes in our daily travels we may see a person who is disfigured…
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Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Today's readings Washing the feet of guests was a common practice in Jesus' time. In those days, people often had to travel quite a distance to accept an invitation to a feast or celebration. And they would travel that distance, not by car or train or even by beast of burden, but most often on…
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Wednesday of Holy Week
Today’s readings The time draws near. Everything is in place. Jesus celebrates the Passover one last time with his disciples, and in the course of it, gives them his own Body and Blood as an everlasting remembrance of him, a sacramental offering that will draw people to Christ until the end of time. Today is…
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Tuesday of Holy Week
Today’s readings Four words in today’s Gospel absolutely gave me chills as I read them. Those words are, “And it was night.” We hear those right after Judas takes the morsel of bread and heads out to do what he must do. Satan has entered him. The death of our Lord approaches. And it was…
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