Mar

21

Intimate Union with Christ

March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This day is one to spend in intimate union with the Lord.  Good Friday - the day to truly be there with Christ in body, mind and spirit as he sacrifices himself to save us and bring us to the fullness of redemption.
Let us all be in church at some point today.  Let us gaze upon [...]

Mar

20

Lock and Load - Holy Thursday is Here!

March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Time to lock and load!
This is it - the highlight of our year as Christians.
Today starts the Easter Triduum - it’s Holy Thursday.
We know what today is about - go to Mass, take the kids, celebrate the Last Supper and the first Eucharist, wash the feet, prepare to fast - truly contemplate how Christ gave himself to us [...]

Mar

19

To Serve - Not to Be Served

March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do we serve?  Or do we seek to be served?
Today’s Mass Communion Antiphon quotes Jesus in Matthew 20 when he declares that he “did not come to be served, but to serve.”
Jesus served us throughout his public ministry - throughout the Passion - on the Cross.  He serves us still today.
But do we serve him - [...]

Mar

18

Betrayal and Redemption

March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today’s gospel (John 13) has two foreshadowing passages of the Passion. 
“‘Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’  The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.”
Hours later, one of the disciples - Judas - would betray him. 
“I will lay down my life for you.”
Hours later, the apostle [...]

Mar

17

Why Couldn’t the Pharisees See?

March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s the great unanswered question of our time - it’s the great unanswered question of all ages since Christ walked the earth.
With so much good happening in our world - why can’t people see?  Why can’t they believe?  Why can’t they acknowledge that Christ is real - that he walked among us in his divine humanity [...]

Mar

16

Reflections on the Passion

March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As I was listening to the Passion Narrative this morning at Mass, several events struck me in ways different than the other scores of time that I have heard this passage.
- Peter, James and John couldn’t stay awake with Christ in the Garden - Judas outright betrayed him - the apostles scurried away from him [...]

Mar

9

Mary & Martha’s Faith

March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

How could they not believe?  They had just seen a miracle surpassing anything Jesus had done to date - he had raised Lazarus from the dead!
Today’s gospel (John 11) tells us that after witnessing the miracle “Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe [...]

Mar

8

“You are Not From Here, Are You?”

March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We always seem to be afraid of other people who don’t look like us, think like us or hold our same customs and practices.  This fear is especially acute when these “other people” are new to a community or culture.  We have seen it time and again in our American culture - even among those [...]

Mar

5

Our Sons Are Watching!

March 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

There is a song by Phillips, Craig & Dean with a verse something along the lines of . . .
“Lord, I want to be just like you, ’cause he wants to be just like me.”
It’s a song about a father realizing that he needs to be more like Christ and our Father in heaven because his [...]

Mar

4

“Do You Want to Be Well?”

March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Do you want to be well?”
It’s the question Jesus asks of the disabled man in today’s gospel (John 5). 
It’s the question Jesus asks of each of us - do we want to be well?
I tend to think that I go through life with a healthy dose of optimism balanced by an equally healthy dose of [...]

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