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Month: April 2026

Divine Mercy and the Doorway of Stillness

Divine Mercy and the Doorway of Stillness

Based on a talk by Rev. Fr. Pachomius Ma. San Juan, OSB On this celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday, a quiet question rises: How do we truly encounter mercy, not just as an idea, but as a lived reality? One surprising answer is this: through stillness. The invitation beneath the noise We often think of mercy in action. Acts of forgiveness, compassion, reconciliation. But before mercy becomes something we give, it is first something we receive. And we receive it…

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Unlocking the Doors: Faith, Doubt, and the Courage of Easter

Unlocking the Doors: Faith, Doubt, and the Courage of Easter

Based on a homily by Rev. Fr. Pachomius Ma. San Juan, OSB The disciples were gathered behind locked doors, fearful, uncertain, and perhaps deeply disillusioned. The One they had followed was crucified. Their hopes, once alive with promise, now seemed shattered. In that closed room filled with anxiety and defeat, something unexpected happens. Jesus comes. He does not break down the door. He does not rebuke them for abandoning Him. Instead, He stands among them and offers peace. This is…

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Between the Cross and the Dawn: A Black Saturday Reflection on Mercy

Between the Cross and the Dawn: A Black Saturday Reflection on Mercy

Based on a talk by Rev. Fr. Pachomius Ma. San Juan, OSB Black Saturday is the quietest day of the Christian story. The noise of Good Friday has faded. The cries, the darkness, the final breath. And the joy of Easter Sunday has not yet arrived. We are left in between. In this stillness, the question lingers: What does love look like when nothing seems to be happening? What does mercy mean when God feels silent? Mercy as entering chaos…

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Not the Righteous, But the Needy: A Good Friday Reckoning

Not the Righteous, But the Needy: A Good Friday Reckoning

Based on a talk by Rev. Fr. Pachomius Ma. San Juan, OSB Today is Good Friday, the day we stand before the Cross. After forty days of Lent, of prayer, fasting, and sacrifice, we arrive here. And it’s tempting to ask: Have I done enough? Have I become better? Holier? Worthier? But as we look at Christ crucified, those questions begin to fall away. A Gospel passage from early in Lent tells of the call of Levi, the tax collector,…

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Maundy Thursday Ponderings

Maundy Thursday Ponderings

Word to Live By: John 13:1-15 There’s much in the Gospel story or words of Jesus that we can’t immediately understand. He says little about the meaning of the washing of the feet except that it is about service, that we should do it too. By doing something in the example or name of Jesus, we often find its meaning. For the first time on Holy Thursday evening, Jesus offered his Body and Blood, the same body that would be…

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