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Readings: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Today we begin the Sacred Triduum, the most solemn time of the entire Church year.  Holy Thursday is the day on which our Blessed Lord...

Readings: Is 50:4-9a; Mt 26:14-25 In the first reading today we have the third of the “Suffering Servant Songs” from Isaiah.  It is interesting that Isaiah attributes a well-trained tongue to the Messiah, but...

Readings: Is 49:1-6; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 The readings we have today represent one step beyond what we read yesterday.  In the first reading we have the second of the “Suffering Servant Songs,” this one...

Readings: Is 42: 1-7; Jn 12:1-11 Today we hear the moving story of the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus with genuine nard and wiped them with her hair.  This story is very...

Readings: Ez 37:21-28; Jn 11:45-56 In the first reading today we hear God promising to bring the Israelites back to their own land and to make them one nation with one shepherd over them. ...

Readings: Jer 20:10-13; Jn 10:31-42 In the first reading today we hear about the plots the people had hatched against the Prophet Jeremiah; some of these people had been his friends.  They wanted to...

Readings: Gen 17:3-9; Jn 8:51-59 For the second time this week we are given a reading in which Jesus tells the Jews He is “I AM.”  As mentioned the other day, I AM is...

Readings: Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 In the first reading today, we hear about the three young Jewish men who were in exile in Babylon.  These three men, along with Daniel, had been...

Readings: Num 21:4-9; Jn 8:21-30 It always makes me smile when I read the what the Israelites said over and over again to Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die...

Readings: Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62; Jn 8:1-11 In the readings today we have insight into both the mercy of God and the justice of God.  In the first reading we hear about the...