Tag Archives: Lent

Saturday of Holy Week ~ Silence

April 19, 2025 For years now, every Saturday before Easter Sunday, the final words of Prince Hamlet as he lay dying come to me: “The rest is silence.” In regard to Holy Week, the false conviction, illegal trial, and immoral death sentence of an innocent man are over. And so we wait . . .ContinueContinue reading “Saturday of Holy Week ~ Silence”

Friday of Holy Week ~ Forsaken

April 18, 2025 With the current events of the world, and especially in my own country, the States, feeling forsaken is becoming a more regular occurrence, forsaken by friends, by representatives, by the president. Then there are the forsaken graduate students who are being unconstitutionally jailed and deported, forsaken federal workers who no longer haveContinueContinue reading “Friday of Holy Week ~ Forsaken”

Thursday of Holy Week:  Remembering to Wash Feet

April 17, 2025 Today’s appointed gospel is from John 13:1-15, where at the Passover dinner (the Last Supper), Jesus washes the feet of his twelve closest friends. A colleague and I once discussed why foot washing isn’t considered a sacrament in the traditional Church. The basis for the two sacraments that Protestants observe, baptism andContinueContinue reading “Thursday of Holy Week:  Remembering to Wash Feet”

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”

The God-kiss

March 11, 2025 Some years ago, a term came to my mind that describes the serendipitous, often unnoticed, gifts that Love provides us. I call them “God-kisses.” They’ve always been, always will be, yet how often we miss them. Yesterday, I received such a kiss, though I almost stepped on it. I was walking throughContinueContinue reading “The God-kiss”