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by bcadmin | Apr 23, 2022 | Divine Mercy, Easter, Jesus Christ, News, passion, Resurrection, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Acts 5:12-16 • Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 • Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 • Jn 20:19-31 It is fitting that on this second Sunday of Easter, decreed in 2000 by Pope John Paul II […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 8, 2022 | Holy Eucharist, Jesus Christ, News, Palm Sunday, passion, Paul Claudel, St. Cyril of Alexandria, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • At the procession with palms, Gospel: Lk 19:28-4 • Is 50:4-7 • Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 • Phil 2:6-11 • Lk 22:14—23:56 It is done. We have judged our God and have […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 8, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Compline, Cross, Featured, Lent, News, Night Prayer, passion, Prayer, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Psalms, surrender, trust | 0 |
Into your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit… Every night at Compline, the last of the “hours” of the Divine Office of the Church, we repeat these words of Jesus on the cross. His seventh and final “word” is actually Jesus quoting Psalm 31, a psalm that …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 12, 2021 | Apocalypse, Babylon, Deuteronomy, Exile, Jesus Christ, News, passion, Prophet Daniel, Resurrection, Son of Man, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • Deut 12:1-3 • Psa 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 • Heb 10:11-14, 18 • Mk 13:24-32 Tribulation, affliction, and distress. These aren’t attractive topics, but they are quite real; they are part of our […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 26, 2021 | Faith Alive, Holy Week, News, Palm Sunday, passion, Picks, Triumph of the cross | 0 |
In his passion, Jesus’ sufferings were unequaled. For the Son of God offered himself as a sacrifice for all. No one, not even the saintliest person, can take on the sins of all people in every time and place. Only God can, and did.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2021 | Hope, Hosanna, joy, News, Palm Sunday, passion, Sorrow, Sunday Scriptures, The Passion | 0 |
The readings of Palm Sunday have always broken my heart. Before Mass, we read St. Mark’s short account of Jesus entering Jerusalem. The pilgrims in front of and behind Christ are joyfully waving palms, lining the street with their cloaks, welcoming him, shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! … Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Then things take a turn for the worse. In Mass, during the Liturgy of the Word, at the Gospel, we read the full and tragic betrayal, passion and death of Jesus Christ. What a roller coaster of emotions!
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 15, 2021 | Bert Ghezzi, News, passion, Spirituality, Teaching About Anger | 0 |
by Bert Ghezzi One week after the tragedy of 9/11, my wife, Mary Lou, and I were traveling to visit family in Pittsburgh. At the Orlando International Airport, we stood in a long security check line. When we reached the agent, he asked for our identifi…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 5, 2020 | Catholic Church, Cross, Featured, Holy Mass, Holy Week, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Love, News, pain, Palm Sunday, passion, suffering, Sunday Scripture Reflections | 0 |
The Cross is the great paradox of Christianity. More than a few people have asked me over the years why the Catholic Church focuses so prominently and persistently on the Crucifix. One inquirer even suggested that the Crucifix hanging above the Altar i…
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