Yesterday, at the close of the Last Supper celebrations, we accompanied our Lord into the garden of Gethsemane through the Kidron Valley to pray. Until midnight, we watched with the Lord in prayer. Today, we stand at the foot of the Cross at Calvary; we now commemorate His passion and death, the events which […]

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Today, we begin the Easter Triduum – the three days when we recall and remember the great events of our salvation in Jesus Christ – His crucifixion, death, burial and Resurrection. Tonight we trek back into our history, to the Cenacle – the Upper Room, where on this Holy Thursday Jesus instituted the Eucharist and […]

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May I welcome and express my appreciation to you all who serve the Lord and our people so well in the pastoral ministry as witnesses of our faith. The clergy, the consecrated, religious men and women, thank you most sincerely. Special thanks to you the lay men and women and our youths present today and those […]

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During this Holy Week we will ponder and reflect on the final journey of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Most of the people Jesus encountered on His final journey were hostile. Yet, in today’s gospel, exactly six days before the Passover during which Jesus was to be crucified, He experiences great kindness. He was a guest […]

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Today, we celebrate the Triumph Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. With this celebration we begin the Holy week, in which we are invited to reflect deeply on the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Our procession with Palms at the beginning of the Eucharist is an image of our interior journey […]

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