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Today’s celebration has a dual focus: the Blessing of Palms and Procession commemorating the glorious entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem amid the cheers and palm branches of the crowd; then the Mass, in which the emphasis is on the Passion and Death of Jesus. In fact, today is officially called “Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.” We go from Palms to Passion in the space of an hour or so! Holy Week and Good Friday bring us to a bitter remembrance. But we rejoice that just one week from now, we are back to glory again celebrating the Lord’s resurrection. Indeed, Holy Week is a study in contrasts.Read More -
How is your heart? Because of the Fall, we know that “the heart is deceitful above all things” (Jeremiah 17:9). As we get closer to the end of Lent, we are called today to a “heart exam,” a spiritual EKG. The goal of Lent, indeed the goal of the whole Christian life, is to develop an obedient heart, as Jesus had.Read More -
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is traditionally called Laetare Sunday, meaning “rejoice,” from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon: “Rejoice, Jerusalem!” (Isaiah 66:10-11). Very appropriate, because we hear about God’s mercy today, and that is truly something to rejoice over! “His tender mercies are over all his works” (Psalm 145:9).Read More
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Don’t take God for granted and don’t treat him casually! That is the message for today, the Third Sunday of Lent. As we move toward the middle of the Lenten Season, today’s readings challenge us to renew our zeal for God and the things of God: his sovereignty, his law, his plan, his house. Today’s readings are like a much-needed wake-up call or splash of cold water on our face. “God is not mocked” (Gal. 6:7).Read More
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Karl Barth, the famous Swiss Reformed theologian, was once asked to sum up the essence of all the millions of words in the multiple volumes he had published. He replied simply, “Jesus loves me, this I know; for the Bible tells me so.”Read More
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