Good Friday

  • We are all capable

    C.S. Lewis said the person sitting on the bus next to us is capable of extraordinary horror or extraordinary heroics. This is the battle we all face. This is what the disciples faced on the night Jesus was betrayed. They didn’t know who would betray Jesus. Then, Peter, big mouth that he was, declared his death-defying… Read more

  • Saturday — In the Tomb

    I am trying to imagine the level of hopelessness in the disciples on this particular day. One of the Psalms for today’s reading is Psalm 88: 1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my… Read more

  • Thank you for the cross, Lord Read more

  • Good Friday Thoughts

    These words from Pope Benedict on Good Friday: ‘We are shocked to see to what levels of brutality human beings can sink,’ said the Pope at an evening ceremony at the Coliseum in Rome.‘Jesus is humiliated in new ways even today when things that are most holy and profound in the faith are being trivialised,… Read more

  • Good Friday Thoughts

    These words from Pope Benedict on Good Friday: ‘We are shocked to see to what levels of brutality human beings can sink,’ said the Pope at an evening ceremony at the Coliseum in Rome.‘Jesus is humiliated in new ways even today when things that are most holy and profound in the faith are being trivialised,… Read more

  • Remember

    Lord, thank you for the cross. Your life of sacrifice, your giving for our sins, your willingness… all of it blows me away. I am in awe of your love. Let me reflect today on your willingness and love. Let me live in that spirit… a spirit of loving and giving. Read more

  • Remember

    Lord, thank you for the cross. Your life of sacrifice, your giving for our sins, your willingness… all of it blows me away. I am in awe of your love. Let me reflect today on your willingness and love. Let me live in that spirit… a spirit of loving and giving. Read more