Palm/Passion Sunday: Mar 24, 2024 – Live-Stream Link
INTRODUCTIONHoly Week, the center of the church’s year, is one of striking contrasts: Jesus rides into Jerusalem surrounded by shouts of glory, only to be
INTRODUCTIONHoly Week, the center of the church’s year, is one of striking contrasts: Jesus rides into Jerusalem surrounded by shouts of glory, only to be
INTRODUCTIONGod promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by
INTRODUCTIONThe fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lenten season is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on
INTRODUCTIONThe third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from
INTRODUCTIONThe second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many,
INTRODUCTIONOn Ash Wednesday the church began its journey toward baptismal immersion in the death and resurrection of Christ. This year, the Sundays in Lent lead
God breathes life into the desert places INTRODUCTION In today’s gospel Jesus reveals his power over death by raising Lazarus from the dead. The prophet
INTRODUCTION Baptism is sometimes called enlightenment. The gospel for this Sunday is the story of the man born blind healed by Christ. “I was blind,
INTRODUCTIONIn today’s gospel the Samaritan woman asks Jesus for water, an image of our thirst for God. Jesus offers living water, a sign of God’s
INTRODUCTIONDuring Lent we journey with all those around the world who will be baptized at the Easter Vigil. In today’s gospel Jesus tells Nicodemus that