“Father forgive them…” (Luke 23:24)
These three words, uttered by the Lord as he hung in agony on the cross, present one of the most challenging aspects of being a Christian. It is…
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Category: Holy Week & Triduum
Articles for Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday.
Passion Sunday
Sunday Readings for March 20, Palm Sunday Catholics seem preoccupied with the sufferings of Christ–The Crucifix, the sorrowful Mysteries, the Stations of the Cross. As if all this…
From Hub to Heart, via Medjugorje
At the Catholic Men’s Conference in Boston in 2010, Andy LaVallee met Jim Caviezel, not knowing he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of Christ. Jim dared Andy to…
The Eucharist: The Body of Christ?: Reflection for Holy Thursday
Readings for April 2, 2015: Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper On Holy Thursday, the night before he died, the Lord Jesus made some startling changes in the…
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: The Sunday with a Split Personality
Readings for March 29, 2015: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion We now come to the Sunday with a split personality. It starts with an upbeat gospel recounting…
Food Miracles that Support Church Teaching
Here’s a 7-minute podcast I produced showing how Bible food miracles support Church teaching that Jesus spoke literally at the Last Supper. Copyright 2014, Christian LeBlanc
Tenebrae: A Light in the Darkness
Anyone who does not see darkness in the world is blind. Think of the darkness in the world. Conflict and wars all over the world, with the nation’s…
The Victory of Humility
Readings for April 13, 2014: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion When a conquering hero of the ancient world rode into town in triumph, it was in a…
Transsubstati-what?
I can read something in the Bible a hundred times and still bump into something new. For example, on Palm Sunday I was browsing Luke’s Gospel before Mass…
Training for the Solo Encounter
After we pass thorough Holy Week the Church shares its ultimate triumph and has done so for over two thousand years. We celebrate Easter with community, family, friends,…