Holy Thursday, April 6The Washing of the Disciples’ FeetJohn 13:1-15 Turn It’s your turn to be the object of love,as you need help walking to the car,cooking your meals, cleaning your home,managing your life.Let love envelop you, dear one, despite the unfamiliarcircumstances and wishing they were different.Allow yourself to expand the heart of another,not by […]
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April 5
Wednesday, April 5Betrayal by JudasMatthew 26:14-25 Breakthrough Breakthroughs are waiting to happen,waiting for us to make them happen.Those moments when estrangement anddistance is pierced for a while,real life moments,like when stuck in an elevatoror in the hospital waiting room together,grace-encouraged letting our guards down,slowly, responsively to each other,knowing that it is only for this one […]
April 4
Tuesday, April 4Announcement of Judas’s BetrayalJohn 13:21-33, 36-38 Three Days Triduum can be the sacred time of the yearwhen we pray for our Beloved Friend and Savior…that he will know that God is with him,that he will know that he is loved and cherished,that he be protected from doubt and fear,and that he will know […]
April 3
Monday, April 3Anointing at BethanyJohn 12:1-11 The Woman with the Alabaster Jar As a young girl, and ever since,ever since,she had a problem with menand they with her.Never enough –good enough, smart enough, pretty enough.Never seen as a person,much less an equal.Never heard,much less listened to.Never thanked,much less appreciated.Never welcomed to the table,although it was […]
April 2
Palm Sunday, April 2The PassionMatthew 26:14—27:66 Betrayal As their eyes met, one felt shame, the other gratitude.One felt fear, the other love.One was horrified, the other relieved.United in the pain of seeing a loved one suffer. Who wouldn’t give their life to save a most dear one? When we imagine Jesus feeling abandoned andcrushed by […]