REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Forty of Lent The Silence of the Tomb They took the body of Jesus and bound it with burial cloths along with […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Nine of Lent The Pietà Consider how, after Our Lord had died, He was taken down from the cross by two of […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Eight of Lent The Soldier’s Lance So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then of the other […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Seven of  Lent The Earth is Shaken And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Six of Lent “Father, Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit”  Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Five of Lent “It is Finished” When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head, he […]

PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION: HOLY WEEK Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Four of Lent “I Thirst” After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Three of Lent “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-Two of Lent “Woman, Behold Your Son…Behold Your Mother” Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty-one of Lent “Today You Will be With Me in Paradise” Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Thirty of Lent “Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do” When they came to the place called the Skull, […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Nine of Lent Jesus is Lifted Up on the Cross “Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler […]

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT: WEEPING  Today’s Gospel (from Year A, which is also optional for Years B and C) presents us with the intimate story of […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Eight of Lent His Hands and Feet Consider Jesus, thrown down upon the cross, He stretched out His arms and offered to […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Seven of Lent Humiliation – Stripped of Garments When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Six of Lent The Holy Women and Veronica A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Five of Lent Jesus Falls “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Four of Lent The Gaze of Mother and Son Consider how the Son met His Mother on His way to Calvary. Jesus […]

REFLECTION AND PRAYER Day Twenty-Three of Lent The Sentence of Death When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was […]