Category Archives: 2012 Season of Lent

The Resurrection of the Lord The Mass of Easter Sunday Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3:1-4 OR 1 Cor 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-9 The readings for the day can be found here.   HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT … Continue reading →

Holy Saturday – Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter Gn 1:1 – 2:2 Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Gn 22:1-18 Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 Ex 14:15-15:1 Ex. 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Is 54:5-14 Ps 30:2, … Continue reading →

Good Friday Is 52:13-53:12 Ps 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Jn 18:1-19:42 The readings for the day can be found here. HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Saint Peter’s Basilica Good Friday, 21 March 2008 Dear … Continue reading →

Holy Thursday Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18 1 Cor 11:23-26 Jn 13:1-15 The readings for the day can be found here.   MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Basilica of St John Lateran … Continue reading →

Wednesday of Holy Week Is 50:4-9a Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34 Mt 26:14-25 The readings for the day can be found here.   =========================================================================================== Thank you for your interest and participation in this Lenten web site of reflections, and … Continue reading →

Tuesday of Holy Week Is 49:1-6 Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 The readings for the day can be found here.   Today’s reading is titled “The Servant of the Lord” and is from Isaiah, Chapter … Continue reading →

Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7 Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 Jn 12:1-11 The readings for the day can be found here.   “Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet … Continue reading →

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Mk 11:1-10 OR Jn 12:12-16 Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Phil 2:6-11 Mk 14:1-15:47 The readings for the day can be found here.   Today, on Palm Sunday – as … Continue reading →

Saturday of the fifth week of Lent Ez 37:21-28 Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 Jn 11:45-56 The readings for the day can be found here.   Before attending school on a Catholic campus, I knew little about the Lenten season. Growing … Continue reading →

Friday of the fifth week of Lent Jer 20:10-13 Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 Jn 10:31-42 The readings for the day can be found here.   There is plenty of tension in all three of the readings for today, the … Continue reading →