Mar 28, 2024 | Word Among Us
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...
Mar 27, 2024 | Word Among Us
WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. When the Easter Triduum starts tomorrow, you’ll have three whole days to ponder and read through the story of Jesus’ passion and death. In fact, you can begin with...
Mar 26, 2024 | Word Among Us
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...
Mar 25, 2024 | Word Among Us
MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil . . . and anointed the feet of Jesus. We’re so accustomed to hearing this story of Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus’ feet that we might miss some of the context. But an act of such extravagant love and...
Mar 23, 2024 | Word Among Us
SAINT TURIBIUS OF MOGROVEJO, BISHOP (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I will . . . gather them from all sides. . . . I will make them one. . . . My dwelling shall be with them. What a promise! And how unrealistic it must have seemed to those who heard it! The people listening to...
Mar 22, 2024 | Word Among Us
5TH WEEK OF LENT The Lord is with me, like a mighty champion. “Terror on every side!” That’s how Jeremiah’s enemies mimicked his words (20:10). They accused him of needlessly stirring up fear among the people by talking about God’s coming judgment. The gossip and...
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