Tag Archives: Holy Week

Wednesday of Holy Week ~ Betrayal

April 15, 2025 Betrayal.  One of the harshest words and most painful actions. We’ve no doubt all experienced a heart-rending betrayal at some time in our lives, and we’re fortunate if it’s only been one.  And, we’ve probably all betrayed someone else (or ourselves) at some time in our lives. Today’s gospel passage (John 13:ContinueContinue reading “Wednesday of Holy Week ~ Betrayal”

Tuesday of Holy Week ~ The Invitation

April 15, 2025 The priest and theologian Henri Nouwen wrote, “Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.” I wonder what the Greeks in today’s gospel passage discerned when they met Jesus as described in John 12: 20-33. After askingContinueContinue reading “Tuesday of Holy Week ~ The Invitation”

Hope during Holy Week

Midway through Holy Week, consider the millions, if not billions, of prayers lifted by candleflame through the ages.  The steadfastness of the flame offers the comfort of hope as its smoke wafts toward heaven, a visual sign that our prayer is being lifted, noticed, even heard.  Our control is released and entrusted to the CreatorContinueContinue reading “Hope during Holy Week”

Antoni Gaudi’s Faith

In 1883, an architect named Antoni Gaudi took over the design of a cathedral in Barcelona, Spain.  A Roman Catholic, he had a vision for an extraordinary offering to God, and until his death in 1926, when he was hit by a bus, he saw his work as a sacrifice, made in love to theContinueContinue reading “Antoni Gaudi’s Faith”

A Reflection on Palms and Lent

In this transitional time between seasons, as the harshness of winter is left behind and the hope of spring begins to bloom, we have journeyed together from ashes to hope. So many faith traditions present us with an opportunity to journey within and assess who we really are at the center of our being whereContinueContinue reading “A Reflection on Palms and Lent”