Wednesday of Holy Week “My Time Is Near” Introduction Today we hear the bad news of the betrayal of Judas, together with the sad yet joyous good news of Jesus’ Passover meal with his disciples. “My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples.” Jesus will eat the […]
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WITNESS IS ONE WHO ‘SAW’ THE LORD Introduction The words with which John begins his letter are moving: “What we have heard and what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, I mean the Word who is Life … we proclaim also to you” (1 […]
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Do not look for the living among the dead Introduction We Christians are convinced of being custodians of an excellent project, man and society. We are proud when they recognize that the moral proposition that we preach is noble and elevated. We are pleased to be referred to as the messengers of universal brotherhood, […]
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We contemplated a love stronger than death Introduction The dramatic agony of the cross has often led the preachers of the past to insist excessively on the gory aspects of Jesus’ passion. From this preaching images, popular representations and some devotions are derived in which the violence of the blows of the scourging, the […]
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Jesus: broken bread, offered as nourishment Introduction Among the many names by which the Eucharist was called, the one that best expresses the meaning and richness of the sacrament is the breaking of the bread. The disciples of Emmaus recognized the Lord “in the breaking of the bread” (Lk 24:35); the community of Jerusalem […]
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 The first thing I hear in today’s Gospel is that voice that is sometimes heard so much among children: “I didn’t do it.” The disciples of Jesus react like children trying to defend themselves, to the statement of the Master: “One of you is going to hand me over.” They all wanted […]
Tuesday of Holy Week A Sense of Mission Today’s gospel presents three persons to us. The first is a man preoccupied with himself, his own interests and needs, his selfish satisfaction. He is not a free person; he is not open to Christ, for he serves money and greed. He will betray Jesus. […]