“Rise up, work of my hands, you who were created in my image!” The following excerpt is froman ancient homily for Holy Saturday Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The… Read More »Holy Saturday, April 11th
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. We would like to share with the followers of Provincial Posts a Way of the Cross Meditation, composed by Brother Blair Nuyda, A.A. and Father Bernard Holzer, A.A. Feature image from… Read More »The Way of the Cross with the Assumptionists
Photo by Josh Applegate Such enormous, inexplicable pain in the world. Looking back at Good Fridays over the years, there’s always something: a Marathon bombing, a school shooting, a deranged pilot to graphically illustrate the point. This year we’ve gone global, with the whole world sheltered in place, while the “invisible enemy” takes its… Read More »Good Friday, April 10th
Do this in remembrance of me Each of our liturgical readings tonight ends with a command, an exhortation, or simply a statement of fact, all of which are intended to take an historical event and make it present for future generations. About the Passover meal: this is a memorial feast for you… Read More »Holy Thursday, April 9th
“Surely it is not I, Lord?” Valentin de Boulogne, Last Supper The early Christian community was deeply shaken by what Judas had done. That one of the inner circle, to whom he had confided so much, could have betrayed him, was shocking. That comes through in today’s Gospel when, after telling… Read More »Wednesday, April 8th
The impetuous one goes to school Gerard Seghers – Repentance of St Peter I’m drawn to the apostle Peter on this Tuesday of Holy Week. Peter, the impetuous one. “Master, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” We can call this another moment in the… Read More »Tuesday, April 7th
Letting her hair down. We’ve taken to responding “perfect” these days to texts and emails making arrangements of one sort or another. It’s so common that, however reassuring, my contrarian self usually avoids it. Not so with what Mary does in today’s Gospel: anointing the feet of Jesus with a large quantity… Read More »Monday, April 6th
The vain delights that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood… Holy Week is not for the faint of heart. A good prayer at the beginning of this sacred time is to have the courage to face these events as they unfold, not to turn away from them,… Read More »Palm Sunday, April 5th
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. During Holy Week we commemorate the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and celebrate with great joy the victory he won for us over sin and death. In this time of… Read More »Holy Week reflections begin on Sunday
The most harrowing, heart-breaking aspect of this pandemic is the enforced separation of the sick and dying from those who love them. Having to stay away from your spouse or your parent or your best friend at their time of greatest need, how terrible is that. And then, in the… Read More »Seeing our way through