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Good Friday, March 30, 2018

Posted: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 (0 comments)

“Why do we call today Good Friday?” Many people have asked that question. Why do we call today Good Friday? What’s good about it? It was a bad day. Jesus died. He died like a criminal. His own people had Him killed. Gentiles killed Him totally clueless about what they were doing. It was so bad the sun quit shining for 3 hours. Why do we call today Good Friday? . . .

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Easter Sunrise, April 1, 2018 - St. Matthew 28:1-7

Posted: Sunday, April 1st, 2018 (0 comments)

They got up bright and early. They bought their spices the night before at 6pm sharp, the very moment Sabbath was over and the markets opened. They were going to finish the job of Jesus’ Burial. There hadn’t been enough time a day before to do everything that should have been done. So they bought their spices, forgot there was a stone to roll away, and had no clue there was now a guard and a seal so they’d never get to the Body. . . .

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Easter, April 1, 2018 - St. Mark 16:1-8

Posted: Sunday, April 1st, 2018 (0 comments)

They were too late. He’d already been anointed for burial a week before. In fact, Mary Magdalene, sister of Lazarus, was the one who’d done it! He even said to everyone, in her hearing, that she had anointed Him for His Burial and this would be remembered for all time. They didn’t need to buy any more spices. He wasn’t going to rot in that tomb anyway. He was going to come out alive. . . .

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Easter I, April 8, 2018 - St. John 20:19-31

Posted: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 (0 comments)

They were still afraid. The woman had seen Jesus. He was alive. Peter had seen Him now too. But they were still afraid. They weren’t necessarily afraid of Him. They were afraid of the Jews. They were afraid the Jews wanted them dead since they followed Jesus. Did they know word had gotten back to the Temple that He is alive? That might give them even more reason to kill them! They were right! The Jews’ leaders did later try to kill them. . . .

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Easter II, April 15, 2018 - I Peter 2:21-25, St. John 10:11-16

Posted: Monday, April 16th, 2018 (0 comments)

He was humiliated. No one had seen humiliation like this before. Had an innocent man ever been punished so? What makes it worse is He had never done a thing wrong in His life. Every other innocent man punished for the crimes of another at least has sinned plenty. But this man never had. He deserved to be mocked, lashed, hit, spat on, blindfolded, by nobody. He did not deserve to be crucified. He was humiliated. . . .

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Easter III, Aprill 22, 2018 - St. John 16:16-23a

Posted: Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 (0 comments)

“Rejoice! The Lord Is Risen Indeed!” This is the message of The Church during this joyful Eastertide. She reminds us every week that Our Lord has conquered sin, death, and the grave. He has nailed these our enemies to His Cross and buried them in His Tomb. He has done it already, long ago, so rejoice! . . .

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Easter IV, April 29, 2018 - St. John 16:5-15

Posted: Sunday, April 29th, 2018 (0 comments)

Are you getting ready? The Church never lets us celebrate a festival without preparing us. Advent prepares us for Christmas. St. John the Baptist tells us to repent because Christ is nigh. Lent prepares us for Easter. Christ came to destroy the devil’s work; we should repent because we want Him to destroy the devil’s work in us. . . .

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