For this Wednesday of Holy Week, the Gospel of Matthew opens with Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. This stands in stark contract to the witness of love modeled by Jesus’ friend Mary a couple days ago in John’s Gospel for Holy Monday.
Elizabeth Barnstead
Source & Summit: Chrism Mass
The Chrism Mass tradition dates back to the late 5th century, but the practice of a separate Mass from the Holy Thursday evening Mass was instituted by Pope Pius XII in the late 20th century.
Source & Summit: Monday of Holy Week
For this Monday of Holy Week, the Gospel of John gives us the beautiful story of Mary, the sister of Martha, anointing the feet of Jesus with costly perfumed oil followed by drying Jesus’ feet with her hair.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.
‘We are not alone, abandoned or afraid,’ patriarch of Jerusalem says on Palm Sunday
JERUSALEM (OSV News) — When Christians gathered in Jerusalem to remember Jesus’ entry into the city, it was one of a few joyful moments in the Holy Land, “crushed by so much hatred” in the months following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Prayers, well-wishes pour out as Kate, the Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer
(OSV News) — Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury has praised the “compassion and sense of service” of Britain’s Princess of Wales after she revealed that she is undergoing treatment for cancer.
Source & Summit: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
The end of the Passion reading today climaxes with Jesus’ death, where the paradox of human and divine power again becomes visible…
Source & Summit: Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
We don’t know much at all about St. Joseph. It is interesting to me that nowhere in the Gospels do we ever hear anything Joseph says.
Source & Summit: Fifth Sunday of Lent
By this point in the Lenten season, I am sure that most of us are ready for Easter to hurry up and get here!