Today is Holy Thursday, the beginning of the Easter Triduum, a three day feast which remembers for us the events of Christ’s Paschal mystery. Although we celebrate them over three days (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday), they make up one single feast in the life of the Church. If you want to know […]
Audacious Faith: “This IS my body…”
Every Sunday, from the time I was seven years old, I would walk up the aisle of my local parish Church. When I got to the front of the line, the priest or auxiliary minister of communion would hold up a flat, round, white host and declare reverently “The Body of Christ,” to which I would reply […]
Unfolding Scripture: God’s Covenant with Moses
Following the time of Abraham, the people of God embark on an incredible journey. There’s some good, there’s some bad, and there’s some ugly. The descendants of Israel (Jacob) had grown from twelve sons into twelve tribes – and they’d gone to live in Egypt, as God had used the jealousy of brothers to save […]
Unfolding Scripture: Mark 14
Mark 14 is one of the longest chapters in the Gospel of Mark, spanning the sequence from Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem and the Last Supper up until His arrest and Peter’s subsequent betrayal. There’s a lot of action – and many moments to which many of us can relate. This chapter begins with a conspiracy […]