Category Archives: Lent
Good Friday: Via Matris – The Way of Our Sorrowful Mother
VIA MATRIS The Way of Our Sorrowful Mother Father Romanus Cessario, O.P. Modeled on the Via Crucis, the pious exercise of the Via Matris Dolorosae, or simply the Via Matris, developed and was subsequently approved by the Apostolic See. This … Continue reading
Good Friday: Via Crucis – The Way of the Cross
VIA CRUCIS The Way of the Cross Father Peter John Cameron, O.P. The Way of the Cross is not only a great testimony to an inner depth and maturity, but it is in fact a school for interiority and consolation. … Continue reading
Good Friday Meditation: Seven Last Words of Christ
THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST By Father Donald Haggerty The First Word: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. You wore a crown of thorns, Lord, your passion’s emblem of mockery, as you spoke … Continue reading
Holy Thursday Night Meditation (Adoration Vigil)
ADORATION VIGIL for Holy Thursday Night Father Richard Veras Before his public ministry began Jesus lived his own Lent. For forty days he faced the temptations of the devil. At the end of this time, we are told, When the … Continue reading
Palm Sunday – C
Readings: Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56 HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! There’s an old story of the boy who stood on a sidewalk, waiting for a bus. A … Continue reading
Fifth Sunday of Lent – C
Readings: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST, AND EVERY SINNER, A FUTURE! Our title for today’s Reflection states that everyone who has been declared a Saint was, at one time, something less than … Continue reading
Fourth Sunday of Lent – C
Readings: Jos 5:9-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 GOD’S MERCY HAS NO BOUNDARIES A Modern-Day Prodigal: Jenny grew up in Rankin Park, Newcastle. In her early teenage years she fell into a pattern of long running battles … Continue reading
Third Sunday of Lent – C
Readings: Ex 3:1-8,13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 I APPOINTED YOU TO BEAR FRUIT In our newspapers we read of disasters and watch catastrophes on television. And we deal with painful tragedies in the lives of … Continue reading
Second Sunday of Lent – C
Readings: Gen 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1,7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36 Transfiguration of the Lord There’s a story of a magician doing wonderful magic tricks aboard a cruise ship. Every night, as the magician did something special, the Captain’s pet … Continue reading
First Sunday of Lent – C
Readings: Deut 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 “If You Can Eliminate Temptation, You Can Eliminate Sin” Once four priests were spending a couple of days at a cabin. In the evening they decided to tell each other their … Continue reading