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Articles of Faith | “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” (Good Friday Reflection on Psalm 22)

In the King James bible translation of Matthew's Gospel we read: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46, KJV).  These words are the first words of the twenty-second Psalm. To Roman soldiers gathered near, those words from the lips of a man they've been ordered by Pontius Pilate to put to death would likely sound as words of lamentation; the last cries of a grief-stricken and dying man. To the Jews witnessing the events of the day, these words would point to something more. For more about this day, and a reflection on Jesus' words from the Cross from the twenty-second Psalm, please click on the image. Peace be with you!

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Articles of Faith | Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday)

In his encyclical letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Pope John Paul II wrote, "The agony in Gethsemane was the introduction to the agony of the Cross on Good Friday. The holy hour, the hour of the redemption of the world." Today is Good Friday, the most solemn day on the Christian calendar. Like St. Paul, today we proclaim Christ crucified (1 Cor 1:23). For more about this day please click on the image. Peace be with you!

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Divine Office | The power of Christ’s blood

In today's Office of Readings we encounter a reading from the Catecheses by St. John Chrysostom (349-407 A.D.).

He was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 397. His sermons and writings did much to explain the Catholic faith and to encourage the living of the Christian life, and his eloquence earned him the surname “Chrysostom” (the Greek for “golden mouth”).

For a reflection, "The power of Christ's blood," please click on the image.

Peace be with you!

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Articles of Faith | “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” (Good Friday Reflection on Psalm 22)

In the King James bible translation of Matthew's Gospel we read: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46, KJV).  These words are the first words of the twenty-second Psalm. To Roman soldiers gathered near, those words from the lips of a man they've been ordered by Pontius Pilate to put to death would likely sound as words of lamentation; the last cries of a grief-stricken and dying man. To the Jews witnessing the events of the day, these words would point to something more.

For more about this day, and a reflection on Jesus' words from the Cross from the twenty-second Psalm, please click on the image.

Peace be with you!