“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” With a last sigh your head drops slowly towards us, with your chin just above the breast-bone. We can now look up at your face; finally it is relaxed and calm, illuminated with the gentle majesty of God. More…
Category Archives: Holy Week
The Sixth Word, “It Is Finished.” 5
Soon it will be three o’clock. Jesus is still holding on, but barely. More…
The Fifth Word, “I Thirst!” 3
Jesus is in a state bordering on total collapse. His body aches in excruciating pain; each time he pulls himself up to breath, More…
To Love As God Loves 11
By Br Ryan Harkins
Holy Week is a love story between God and his people.
If you have ever done the “Strengths Finder” test you know that there are around thirty-four strengths that are offered and they say that these strengths cover about every kind of strength a person might have. One of the strengths I like very much is called “Woo.” More…
Spy Wednesday 12
When I hear the words Spy Wednesday, it brings back childhood memories, particularly about the time I had to devise a scheme to retrieve a confiscated comic book. More…
The Fourth Word, “Why Have You Abandoned Me?” 3
An hour passes. The sun is now covered by clouds, and it suddenly has become very cold. Jesus is undergoing immense suffering. More…
The Third Word, “Behold Thy Son,” “Behold Thy Mother” 7
Meditation on the 7 Last Words, by Fr Jason Smith
The curses and insults have begun to dwindle. The large crowd is no longer interested in watching Jesus die. The show is over. More…
The Second Word: This Day You Will Be with Me in Paradise 5
Meditation on the 7 Last Words, by Fr Jason Smith
We have been accompanying Christ during his passion. As if the cruelty of his torments was not enough, now, suddenly, a new type of scourging begins: More…
Every Tongue Shall Confess That Jesus Christ Is Lord 13
Palm Sunday, The Passion of the Lord
Hosanna!
“With face set like flint,” this Sunday’s first reading tells us (Isaiah 50:7), Jesus approaches the moment of his Passion in Jerusalem. More…
Father, Forgive Them! 14
Meditation on the 7 Last Words, by Fr Jason Smith
Father! Forgive Them!
Slowly, with supreme effort, using the nails in his feet as a fulcrum, he lifts himself up.
Why does he make such a painful effort? More…
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