April 2025

Holy Saturday April 19, 2025Christ our light. Thanks be to God! “O necessary sin of Adam that won for us so great a redeemer!” From the Exsultet the beautiful chant of Holy Saturday.

Good Friday April 18, 2025 “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” As evening falls, sorrow settles in. We wait.

Holy Thursday April 17, 2025 “I give you a new commandment—love one another.”

Wednesday of Holy Week April 16, 2025 Matthew 26:14-25: What caused Judas to do it? We will never know for sure. The conjectures are too easy, too pat—thievery, jealousy, impatience. It was probably more complicated that any of those. Whatever the motive, how grieved Jesus must have been to be betrayed by one of his

Tuesday of Holy Week April 15, 2025 John 13:36-38: Peter is warned that he will deny Jesus three times before morning. Standing up in the face of peer pressure/intimidation/persecution is difficult. We see scare tactics employed to silence dissenters, family members targeted to frighten those who speak the truth or publicly disagree, and threats of

Monday of Holy Week April 14, 2025 Isaiah 42:1-7: This excerpt from one of the four Suffering Servant Songs of Isaiah, explains in detail what is required since “I have called you for the victory of justice.” It is a tall order! But remember, it is not a task to be done alone. Collectively we

Palm Sunday April 13, 2025 Holy Week begins today. This is the best week of the year for Christians, and coincidently, it is the first day of Passover which began last night. How wonderful that both Christians and Jews will celebrate their holiest days together this year! This conjunction should remind us of how much

Saturday Week 5 of Lent April 12, 2025 Jeremiah: In today’s canticle from Jeremiah, we hear that the Lord “guards them as a shepherd his flock.” Ever look at a flock or a herd? Notice that they are not uniform. There are young and old, fat and lean, different colors of wool and hides, yet

Friday Week 5 of Lent April 11, 2025 Jeremiah and John: “Terror on every side!” cries Jeremiah. In the Gospel, Jesus asks which of his good works provoked the crowd to want to stone him. We’ve all heard the adage, “No good deed goes unpunished.” It feels like that all too often. Should that make

Thursday Week 5 of Lent April 10, 2025 Genesis: God changed Abram’s name to Abraham which means “the father of nations.” But did the changing of his name change the man? Was he really different? Does acquiring a title change that person fundamentally? If one becomes a doctor, a member of the clergy, or president