I definitely got it backwards, upside-down, and inside-out this year. Instead of committing to attending daily Mass for Lent, I started going the day after Easter. If truth be told, I probably could have made it a habit before. In fact, I know I could have. But probably not on Thursdays.
It s funny how easily Thursday meetings at 8 a.m. became my excuse for not going to Mass on the other four weekdays. Actually, it isn t funny at all. The word sloth comes to mind. But that s how at least some of us humans work, isn t it? We re experts at taking a small obstacle and turn it into a reason for not even trying. We let the fact that we can t do something every day keep us from doing it some days. Thursdays were that for me.
Echoes Daily Mass Published 4/30/2021
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Throughout the history of the Church, the saints have spoken some very valuable pearls of wisdom. But there s one quotable quote I wish wasn t misquoted (and misattributed) so often. I ll bet that within the past year, you ve heard it, too. It usually goes something like this: Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words. This exhortation is invariably credited to the illustrious St. Francis of Assisi, although there is no evidence he ever said or wrote anything even remotely like it.
It bothers me more than usual at this time of year, when we hear the accounts of Jesus appearing to his disciples after his resurrection. Jesus is seen at the empty tomb, in the Upper Room, on the road to Emmaus, and along the shores of Galilee. I just can t keep from wondering where we d all be if the women, or the 11, or the 70, or the 500 had never actually announced the Good News. What if they had never opened their mouths to tell anyone who would listen that Christ had been raised
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon (Mt 27:45). When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon (Mk 15:33). It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, while the sun s light failed (Lk 23:44).
All three synoptic Gospel writers mention it in their accounts of Jesus crucifixion. And while I suppose it could be that Matthew, Mark, and Luke took a bit of dramatic license or used the device to make a theological point, medieval Christians counted this detail of the Passion as a miracle, and some scholars argue that a handful of ancient historians seem to corroborate that an unusual darkness occurred around 33 AD. Interesting, right?