Good Day and welcome to the First Wednesday of the Easter Season. It is very much with a sense of mixed emotions that we celebrate this the 4th day of the Octave of Easter. While the whole of the Church mourns the passing of Pope Francis, it is also a time of joy.
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First Tuesday of Easter and Some Spice
Happy Easter Season! Welcome to the Tuesday of the Octave of Easter, a day of celebration. It is now the 3rd day of the Easter Season. We will be celebrating Easter till the cows come home or more accurately until Pentecost Sundy.
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Walk into any supermarket in America today and you will be greeted with bins of baskets, plastic eggs and chocolate bunnies all priced to move. For the secular world, and even some Christian denominations, Easter is over.
Continue reading “First Monday of the Easter Season”And so The Easter Season Begins
Today it begins – the longest Season of the Church Year. The Easter Season for Catholics does not end at sundown Easter Sunday. It does not end in 40 days on Assencion Thursday, although you would think that would signal the end.
Continue reading “And so The Easter Season Begins”A Quiet Easter Vigil
Of all the Holy Week-Easter posts, the Easter Vigil is always the most difficult to create by far. There are the traditions of Easter Vigil, and then there is our Easter Saturday – two completely different observations.
Continue reading “A Quiet Easter Vigil”The Sorrow of This Day
Good Friday, e agia kai megale paraskeue (the Holy and Great Preparation in Greek), Holy Friday, Trauriger Freitag (Sorrowful Friday in German) – this day goes by many names throughout the world. It seems a contradiction to describe the day our Lord was crucified as Holy or Good.
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The Events of Holy Thursday
Jesus and His disciples shared the Last Supper on Holy, or Maundy Thursday in an upper room. On this day, Jesus did more than just enjoy a meal with his followers. He washed the feet of His disciples and established the sacrament of Holy Communion.
A Holy Turning Point
Of all the days in Holy Week, of all the events leading to our forgiveness, this is the most difficult day. More so in many ways that Good Friday. We see betrayal, and must find it in our hearts to forgive.
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There are accounts throughout the Gospel of Matthew telling us that on Holy Tuesday Jesus continued to publicize His message in the temple, teaching in parables. The most dramatic of these was the story of the Vineyard Owner and his tenants.
Continue reading “This Most Holy Tuesday”Monday of Holy Week According to Scripture
The Lord is perfect. Christ is both Lord and man. He has two natures, two sides. Within Him we often see the Godly reaction and the human reaction, especially during Holy Week as His time draws near.
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Hosanna
Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna
Hey Sanna Hosanna
Hey JC, JC won’t you smile at me?
Sanna Hosanna
Hey Superstar
Honoring Jewish Roots
Today is the 5th Friday of Lent. Sunday we will begin the journey of Holy Week. So often we forget to honor the roots of our Christian Faith; Judaism. Christ was a Jew. Without the Jewish people and their relationship to the Lord, none of us are saved. It’s that simple.
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Today is the 5th Sunday in Lent. We are beyond the half-way point of our Lenten Journey. If you had a Complete Edition of the Sunday Missal you would see that the theme of this day is to be an optimist. Look to the future with hope. Believe in hope.
Continue reading “A Beautiful 5th Sunday in Lent”A Simple Spicy Lenten Friday
Once upon a time, a very long time ago I made meatless burritos using tortillas and refried beans. That was it. Simple. Of course, these were after school study burritos when I was a teenager.
Continue reading “A Simple Spicy Lenten Friday”A Laetare Sunday Walk in the Park
Easter Sunday is tied to the cycle of the moon. Ash Wednesday signals the start of the Lenten Season, 46 calendar days before Easter Sunday. Since Easter is moveable, so too is Lent. Which means Laetare Sunday is not set to a particular date but rather occures on fourth Sunday in the Lenten Cycle.
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