We can imagine the feelings of the two disciples in today's Gospel. They are leaving Jerusalem because Jesus their friend has been crucified. Their hope is gone. They are trying to make sense of all that has happened.  Then Jesus himself approaches them, but they t...

Psalm 118:2 “Let the house of Israel say His mercy endures forever.”

Luke, the author of Acts, describes the life-style and activities of the early Christians, holding up for us, as it were, a model of what the Church is called to become.   The Apostles’ faith enabl...

Psalm 118:1 “O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!”

It was the custom in Palestine to visit the tomb of a loved one for three days after the body had been laid to rest. It was believed that for three days the spirit of the de...

MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME

The events of Palm Sunday are a preparation for the week of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus.

The liturgical readings present the suffering Messiah to us. They refer first of all to his sufferings and his...

WITH THE LORD THERE IS MERCY AND FULLNESS OF REDEMPTION

John’s Gospel presents to us the Raising of Lazarus, the culmination of Jesus’ Signs.  It is like a trailer of the movie that is soon to follow. It is also marked with Jesus’ powerful and dramatic declaration “...