Some thoughts about Easter after a day to reflect on the message of Jesus’ resurrection in the gospels:
Matthew 28 is almost, but not quite the shortest chapter in the whole gospel of Matthew. I realize that the chapter divisions were not part of the original writings of Matthew and were added over a thousand years [...]
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Easter Reflections
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 9 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He Is Risen!
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 8 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He is Risen indeed!
Easter Day Prayer
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Prayers on 8 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
ALMIGHTY God, You Who through Your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death, and opened to us the gate of everlasting life; we humbly pray that, through Your grace going before us, good desires will enter into our minds, and, by Your continual help, we shall be enabled to bring them to their fulfillment; through [...]
Prayer for Holy Saturday
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Prayers on 7 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
GRANT, O Lord, that we who have been baptized into the death of Your blessed Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, may continually put to death our evil desires and be buried with Him; so that we may pass through the grave, the gate of death, to our joyful resurrection through His merits Who died, was [...]
Good Friday…
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 6 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree,
that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
By His wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24
Good Friday Prayer
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Prayers on 6 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MERCIFUL God, You Who have made all peoples, and neither hate nothing that You have made nor desire the death of sinners, but rather desire that they should be converted and live; have mercy upon all who do not know You as You are revealed in the Gospel of Your Son. Take from them all [...]
The Last Supper
Posted in Church Year, Holidays, Jesus Christ, Mystery on 5 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said,
“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me, one who is eating with Me.”
Mark 14:18
So after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out.
And it was night.
John 13:30
And as they were eating, He took bread,
and after blessing it broke it and gave [...]
Behold, The King Comes
Posted in Church Year, Holidays on 1 April 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.”
Matthew 21:5
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:9
