Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Reading I: Isaiah 52:13–53:12Psalm: 31:2, 6, 12–13, 15–16, 17, 25Reading II: Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9Gospel: John 18:1–19:42 Jesus taught us how to live; now[…]

Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Reading I: Exodus 12:1–8, 11–14Psalm: 116:12–13, 15–16bc, 17–18Reading II: 1 Corinthians 11:23–26Gospel: John 13:1–15 Traditionally called Maundy Thursday (Latin, mandatum), today[…]

Wednesday of Holy Week Reading I: Isaiah 50:4–9aPsalm: 69:8–10, 21–22, 31, 33–34Gospel: Matthew 26:14–25 Have you ever stopped and wondered why Judas did what he did? Perhaps he was[…]

Tuesday of Holy Week Reading I: Isaiah 49:1–6Psalm: 71:1–2, 3–4a, 5ab–6ab, 15, 17Gospel: John 13:21–33, 36–38 Today’s Gospel offers us a fascinating and moving scene. The beloved disciple, traditionally[…]

Monday of Holy Week Reading I: Isaiah 42:1–7Psalm: 27:1, 2, 3, 13–14Gospel: John 12:1–11 Many of the Church fathers describe the Book of Isaiah as the “fifth” Gospel, so[…]

  The following of Christ : by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D. (excerpt from Sermon 64,5) “Come, follow Me, says the Lord. Do you love? He has hastened on, He has[…]

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Reading I: Ezekiel 37:21–28Psalm: Jeremiah 31:10, 11–12abcd, 13Gospel: John 11:45–56 Jesus has just raised Lazarus from the dead, hundreds are beginning to[…]

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Reading I: Jeremiah 20:10–13Psalm: 18:2–3a, 3bc–4, 5–6, 7Gospel: John 10:31–42 One week before Good Friday, the Church offers us a passage from[…]

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent Reading I: Genesis 17:3–9Psalm: 105:4–5, 6–7, 8–9Gospel: John 8:51–59 Sacred Scripture places great emphasis on the power of a name. Jesus’s own[…]

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Reading I: Daniel 3:14–20, 91–92, 95Psalm: Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel: John 8:31–42 The English word “redemption” comes from the Latin[…]