“…YOU, THE ETERNAL FATHER, ARE THE TABLE THAT OFFERS US AS FOOD THE LAMB, YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON… AND HE SERVES US HIS CHARITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND HUNGER TO HAVE AS OUR FOOD SOULS AND THE SALVATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE FATHER’S HONOR.” (An Easter Sourcebook: The Fifty Days, p. 28). MYSTAGOGIA!…
“WELCOME, GLORIOUS DAY OF DAYS,[break]O HAPPY DAY OF THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST,[break]O STERLING DAY FLOWING WITH JOY, [break]THE FIRST DAY!” (A Triduum Sourcebook III, p. 412). It is Easter! Christ is Risen! We have been given a new lease on life!! It seemed that our world had ended when Jesus was crucified and died. But…
“ONE WHO HAS SURRENDERED TO IT KNOWS THAT THE WAY ENDS ON THE CROSS-EVEN WHEN IT IS LEADING THROUGH THE JUBILATION OF GENNESARET OR THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM.” (A Lent Sourcebook: The Forty Days, Book Two, p. 179) [break] We have come to another Holy Week, the most serious and solemn week in the…
“QUARTADECIM DIE AD VESPERUM PASCHA DOMINUI EST; ET IN QUIDTADECIMA SOLEMNITATEM CELEBRABITIS ALTISSIMO DOMINO. FOURTEEN DAYS FROM NOW THE PASCH OF THE LORD WILL BEGIN, AND ON THE FITEENTH YOU WILL CELEBRATE THE GREAT SOLEMNITY IN HORO OF GOD MOST HIGH.” (A Lent Sourcebook: The Forty Days, Book Two, p.112). [break] We are fast approaching…
“JESUS COMES OUT OF THE WATER, DRAWING THE WORLD WITH HIM, AS IT WERE, RAISING IT UP WHEN IT HAD HITHERTO BEEN SUNK IN THE ABYSS.” (A Christmas Sourcebook, p. 146). Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. It celebrates John’s baptizing Jesus in the Jordan River. But it also reminds us…