Today, we sit here in this church and we are saddened. Saddened by our Savior being put to death. Crucified on a tree. A cross at Calvary. By Him hanging on the Cross, He gave up everything. Everything. While we are sad, we also need to realize that it is...
The institution of the Eucharist and of the priesthood took place at the Last Supper. It took place within the context of a Passover meal about which we just read in the First Reading. This meal commemorated the core experience of the people of Israel, their deliverance from slavery in...
Was there something that struck you in the face, in the heart, or in the guts as you listened to the Passion reading today? Was it the cunning malice of the chief priests and scribes who were seeking by some trick to kill Jesus? Was it the touching scene of...
In the sacred scriptures God has his day and the devil has his hour. Until that hour came neither Satan nor his servants could do anything to harm Jesus. (John 7:30): They would have arrested him then, but because his time had not yet come no one laid a hand...