John Foley, SJ
The entire relation of human beings to God is one of receiving love and giving back love, no matter what the cost.
Now Christ’s wounded arms can sweep us up, comfort and absolve and hold us. We are blessed beyond words.
Ron Rolheiser
What made Jesus’ sacrifice, his handing himself over, so special?
The resurrection gives us to the equally unbelievable possibility of the newness of life that forgiving and being forgiven brings.
Eleonore Stump
Within every human being, there is slavery to the evil that kills beauty and joy. There is also something that is worse than biological death.
Easter celebrates now the perfect joy waiting for us when we and all creation are reborn with our resurrected Lord into the everlasting love of God.
Tonight we begin the Sacred Triduum, the holy three days in which we celebrate the central mysteries of our faith.
Easter
Suffering will be vindicated; death will be overcome; a new life will arise: that is the Easter message of the paschal mystery.
Anne Osdieck
What are some ways you can “wash your neighbors’ feet”? Are there degrees of service to your neighbor?
Good Friday
For what do you thirst?
Peter bore witness in a different manner after the Resurrection than he did before Christ died. To what do you attribute this?