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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent [245] Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 John 5:1-16 Jesus heals a man who has been ill for thirty-eight years. What would you do if, after thirty-eight years...
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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent [246] Isaiah 49:8-15 Psalm 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 John 5:17-30 In spite of God’s promises to remember, God’s people lament, “The Lord has forsaken me.” When things...
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Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
[247] Exodus 32:7-14 Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 John 5:31-47 These works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.” In your everyday experience, how do you judge whether a person...
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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
[248] Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 “The wicked said among themselves, ‘Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us.’” Prophets get stoned,...
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Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
[249] Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 John 7:40-53 The religious authorities refuse to believe Jesus because he is from Galilee. Prejudice and ignorance are powerful forces; even the...
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
[34] Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45 When Lazarus came forth from the tomb, Jesus said to his friends and family, “Untie him and...
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Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
St. John the Baptist De La Salle [251] Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62 Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or John 8:12-20 Two women are condemned to death, one innocent...
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Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
[252] Number 21:4-9 Psalm 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21 John 8:21-30 The image of Jesus lifted up on a cross is more powerful than the image of a serpent on a pole. How does the image of Jesus on the cross...
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Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
[253] Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 John 8:31-42 “Who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?” asked the king. Who, indeed? How does God deliver us out of evil hands,...
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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
[254] Genesis 17:3-9 Psalm 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 John 8:51-59 The people ask Jesus, “Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus’ response to their question inspires them to attempt to stone him. What is...
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Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
[255] Jeremiah 20:10-13 Psalm 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 John 10:31-42 “If I perform [my Father’s works], even if you do not believe me, believe the works.” Were you first attracted to discipleship by...
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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
[256] Ezekiel 37:21-28 Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 John 11:45-56 “It is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” Caiaphas prophesied...
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Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Blessing of the palms: MT 21:1-11 IS 50:4-7 PS 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 MT 26:14-27:66 “This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” “Truly this was the Son of God.” It was not until after...
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Monday of Holy Week
IS 42:1-7 PS 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 JN 12:1-11 Simply because he was raised from the dead, Lazarus becomes targeted for destruction by the wicked. Lazarus is “evidence” of the truth of Jesus’ claims. Does...
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Tuesday of Holy Week
IS 49:1-6 PS 71:1-2, 3-4A, 5AB-6AB, 15 AND 17 JN 13:21-33, 36-38 “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Actually, two of the disciples betrayed Jesus, but one despaired and the other...
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Wednesday of Holy Week
IS 50:4-9A PS 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 AND 33-34 MT 26:14-25 “The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.” Are there lectors in...
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Holy Thursday
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14, Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. John 13:1-15 All three readings today speak of the passing on of the Tradition — the founding stories of our faith. To whom have...
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Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)
ISAIAH 52:13—53:12 PSALMS 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 HEBREWS 4:14-16; 5:7-9 JOHN 18:1—19:42 “Through his suffering, my servant shall justify many.” Spend some quiet time before a crucifix. What do...
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Holy Saturday
GN 1:1-2:2 PS 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20 AND 22 ROM 6:3-11 MT 28:1-10 “I sing of merciful love and justice; I raise a psalm to you, O Lord.”(Psalm 101:1) Spend the day in quiet prayer if possible. What are...
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Easter Sunday
ACTS 10:34A, 37-43 PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 COL 3:1-4 JN 20:1-9 “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.” Both disciples entered the...
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