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Palm Sunday: Why have you forsaken me?
Readings: Mt 21:1-11 (Procession Gospel); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 Has it ever bothered you that Jesus on
Easter Services 2014
The timings of services during the Sacred Paschal Triduum at the Priory of the Holy Spirit (Blackfriars, Oxford) are given
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Readings: Ezekiel 37:21-28, John 11:45-56 Christ before Caiaphas.
St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
I'm sure that English readers know very well St. Thomas Becket, bishop of Canterbury, who engaged in conflict with the
Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent: The true Temple
In today’s Gospel we find Jesus preaching in the Temple. Now not only was the Temple the heart of the
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Strange Gods and Modern Idols
Readings: Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28; Canticle Daniel 3:52-56; John 8:31-42 In today’s first reading we can admire the fidelity and integrity of Shadrach,
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Snakes on the Plain
Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; John 8:21-30. Few would accuse David R. Ellis of mis-selling his 2006 film Snakes on a Plane: the
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Innocence or Injustice?
Readings: Daniel 13; Psalm 23; John 8:1-11 It is better to suffer injustice than commit it. This saying of Socrates in Plato's
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Resurrection of Lazarus
Fifth Sunday of Lent Readings at Mass: Ez 37:12-14; Ps 130; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 Approaching the final week of Lent, we
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Today’s Gospel begins at John 7:40 in the middle of a series of interchanges. It opens: “When they heard these
The Ninth Station: Jesus falls the third time
Br Samuel Burke OP sees the third fall of Jesus as a cause for sorrow, which can turn to repentance