Casting out Fear
The disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread. In the upper room, it was Jesus’ eating fish with them that gave them assurance.
The disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread. In the upper room, it was Jesus’ eating fish with them that gave them assurance.
At the heart of the Triduum is Christ’s Real Presence, crucified and resurrected for us. This is what grounds us as we give ourselves over to these next three days.
The chief priests and Pharisees in today’s Gospel are frantic to “solve the problem” of Jesus, their fear blinding them to life-giving alternatives.
When will Holy Week run its course replacing the difficulty and drudgery of Lent with the alleluias of Easter?
In our litigious and somewhat jaded society, it is a challenge to remember what Jesus teaches us: law is about love before it is about behavior.
Drafted into parenthood, our Joseph has been spun into the perfect husband and father. Given no lines, we imagine him as the “strong silent type.”
God is not divisible into palatable and optional parts. We must be all in, or we will come up foolishly empty.
As we follow the voice of God, we are called to live outside the bounds of what we imagined possible.
God longs to heal us, to give us life, and to make us whole, but we are given a free choice. Will we listen?
Our churches and homes are bitterly divided. But we also must realize, as David did, that those who curse us may not be ours to judge.