by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 7, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. — from the Office of Readings for Holy Saturday Today is a day for waiting — as our most of our days, according to Fr. James Martin, SJ.
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 6, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 5, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. — John 13:14-15 Peter — understandably — resists having Jesus wash his...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 4, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. — Isaiah 50:4, from today’s readings Where during this Lent have I heard a “word to rouse me”? How have I...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 3, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later. — John 13:36, from today’s Gospel The Gospels for the beginning of Holy Week witness Jesus predicting his betrayal by Judas and his abandonment by Peter — warning us, almost, that what we...
