Reflections Today

  THAT very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were go­ing to a village seven...

  THIS is the more exact translation of the original Greek (the more familiar translation is “Do not touch me”)...

  Gospel Lk 24:1-12 At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with...

  Gospel: Jn 18:1 – 19:42 … Stand­ing by the cross of Je­sus were his mother and his mother’s sister,...

  ONE of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you...

  PETER makes a promise without knowing what he is saying. For Jesus, to lay down one’s life is to...

  JUDAS Iscariot is grandstanding. He pretends to love the poor and bewails the expensive perfumed oil wasted to anoint...

    Lk 22:14-23:56  …When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the crimi­nals there,...

  JESUS’ enemies recognize his power, but instead of believing in him, they see danger of a political kind. They...

  JESUS argues with his oppo­nents who want to stone him to death that they cannot set aside the Scrip­tures...

  JESUS went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,...

  JESUS is the center of controversy, although he does not start a fight. People here argue as to his...

  JESUS has a deep relation­ship with God whom he calls Fa­ther. He recognizes that he originates from the Father....

  THE Hebrew imperative shema that precedes the statement of the great com­mandment is a very important call. Obedience to...

  JESUS said to his dis­ciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets....

  WE are familiar with the idea of “unlimited” or “bottomless.” This means we are given the freedom to enjoy...