All posts tagged Calvary
Transformed by the Spirit
“We must obey God rather than men.” As we read the Acts of the Apostles all through this Easter season, these Sacred Scriptures drive home one salient point about the …
Is Holy Saturday Sad and Solemn?
There is no Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday until the Vigil anticipating the Resurrection. We are left with the last words of John Passion narrative describing the burial of Jesus …
Good Friday: Go Into His Open Side
We celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, using the simplest of signs. On Holy Thursday Jesus, kneeling before his disciples, …
Jesus the Servant
At Mass throughout this Holy Week, we will be listening to the “Songs of the Servant” from the Book of Isaiah. Today we read the first of those four famous …
God Raises Up
Why was Jesus rejected by his own people? It’s a mystery his early followers found hard to understand, and we do too. How could anyone reject the Son of God? …
The Sorrows of Mary
We remember the sorrows of Mary on September 14th, the day after the church celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. St John’s gospel points to Mary standing …
One Step at a Time
Click here for today’s Scripture readings. Acts 4:23-31 John 3:1-8 Today’s liturgy presents two contrasting depictions of courage. In the first, Peter and John, undaunted by their recent imprisonment, return …
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