Who will roll back the stone for us?

HOLY SATURDAY / EASTER VIGIL Who will roll back the stone for us?  Holy Saturday is a paradox, an “already but not yet” moment: our Lord has died, but he is not yet risen. There is no celebration of morning Mass. Instead, the Church waits in silence for the Easter...

Their guilt he shall bear.

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY) Their guilt he shall bear.  Though written nearly six centuries before Christ, the “Servant Songs” in the Book of Isaiah are remarkable for the way they seem to describe Jesus and his mission. Today’s reading even sums...

I have given you a model to follow.

HOLY THURSDAY: EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER I have given you a model to follow. This evening Catholics around the world will gather to celebrate the moment when Jesus instituted the Eucharist. Of course, we do that at every Mass, but tonight we will do it in a...

Will you lay down your life for me?

TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK Will you lay down your life for me?  What an odd question! We can imagine Jesus asking Simon Peter sadly, or even sarcastically, “Will you lay down your life?” (John 13:38). Of course, Jesus would lay down his life for Peter, not the other way...

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