Read the scriptures for Wednesday in Holy Week at this link.
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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Read the scriptures for Wednesday in Holy Week at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday in Holy Week at this link.
Read the scriptures for Monday of Holy Week at this link.
Read the scriptures for Palm Sunday at this link.
There are two Gospel readings in today’s liturgy, the entry of Jesus to Jerusalem (for the procession which begins today’s Mass) and the full reading of the Passion of the Lord. In the Lectio reflection I use the first and second readings of the liturgy, and if you wish to pray with the Passion of the Lord (audio) you can find this read at this link.
Read the scriptures for Saturday Week Five in Lent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Friday Week Five in Lent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Thursday Week Five in Lent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Wednesday Week Five in Lent at this link.
Read the scriptures for Tuesday Week Five in Lent at this link.
Reflecting on the scriptures for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, April 10 are Triona Doocey, Chris Duthie-Jung and Cynthia Piper. They join John O’Connor in today’s Homily studio podcast.
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You might remember beginning every new page of school work with the heading A.M.D.G. recalling that the letters stood for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (For the Greater Glory of God).
It’s the feast of Ignatius Loyola today and he has helped me to see that my fears and compulsions often tragically lead me to go through days and weeks as if I’m at least half asleep
If you sometimes feel driven and trapped by your compulsion and activity you might find this reflection helpful
There is a tendency to see prayer as an incantation recited in the hope of magically causing a response. But magic is not what we want. It’s relationship with God that we are seeking.
Jesus certainly doesn’t intend to condemn the attitude of service but rather the breathlessness with which it is sometimes lived.