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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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