“It is finished." / Marriage It is Holy Saturday and Jesus lies dead in the tomb. His disciples have fled or hide in fear, the Jewish leaders enjoy their Sabbath rest with relief, and Pilate wonders if he made the right choice; all in the absence of Jesus. The Earth is still as God lies [...]
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” / Anointing of the Sick These words that Jesus shouts from the cross before he takes his last breath perplex me. How can Jesus, who is God, feel far from God? On the cross, Jesus doesn’t just whisper these words, he “cried them in a loud [...]
“I thirst.” / Eucharist Jesus proclaims from the cross, within inches of death, that He thirsts. Out of His seven final phrases from the cross, this one is the most understandable, yet very perplexing. It is not hard to imagine that Jesus would be thirsty on the cross, but why would he choose to leave [...]
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” / Confirmation Jesus continues to hang on the cross; his body bruised from the Garden of Gethsemane and beaten from the scourging at the pillar. His muscles exhausted from lack of sleep and bearing the cross through the streets of Jerusalem. Jesus has given his entire body [...]
"Woman, behold, your son... Behold, your mother!" / Holy Orders “Receive the oblation of the holy people, to be offered to God.” These beautiful words are spoken by the bishop as he places in the hands of each newly ordained priest a paten (on which rests a host to be consecrated) seated on a chalice [...]
“Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” / Reconciliation I was sitting in “my family’s pew” at a Sunday Mass, and our Irish parish priest was preaching on a story about the Devil and three of his demons. The Devil asks his subordinates what is the surest way to [...]
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." / Baptism Today we celebrate Palm Sunday, the day that Jesus made his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. He enters as a Blessed King amidst rejoicing and praise from the multitudes, yet, as He very well knew, this sentiment would quickly change. Today is also called [...]
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