Right now watching Fr Stu… just started at the Mosaic.. not sure what I will think? Here is a thought.. as someone who has struggled with weight.. the fact that Matt W gained 25...
Easter Basket and the Women at the tomb
Holy Saturday and the Easter Basket…..I always wondered is Holy Saturday a day of penace or not… It seems like it ought to be.. Jesus died on the cross. Jesus is silent on Holy...
Adam and Judas
Holy Saturday Adam and Judas We read from the LIturgy of Hours today… ‘He has gone to search for our first parent, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live...
Beauty and Good Friday
Fr Stefan thought for the day.. the True.. the Good and the Beautiful… St Thomas Aquinas taught that nothing is in the intellect that was no first in the sense.. But as St...
Holy Thursday in the hospital
I hope surrender and trust I can go to Chrism mass, renew priestly vows, get the sacred oils for the year.. Just left room lady says ‘Holy Thursday is my favorite ‘ Sad that she...
A past Holy Thursday in the hospital on this Holy Thursday
A day in the life of a Catholic Hospital Chaplain Get up at 5… clean out oil stocks.. today is Holy Thursday Chrism Mass get new oils..say prayers, before going to hospital at...
30 pieces of silver
Today is Spy Wednesday. Judas was a spy for the high priests. We read in Matthew 26: 14-16: “Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests, and...
The Angel of Death and the Passover
In the Book of Exodus God send a angel to kill all the first born in Egypt from the the animals to the first born of pharaoh. God says to Moses to put the blood of the passover...
The unsung hero on Passion Sunday ‘The Donkey’
As animal go the donkey gets a bad rap…Think of donkey in Shrek… But as we read in book of Isaiah 1:3 “An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s manger but Israel does not...
Passion Sunday
Second readingFrom a sermon by Saint Andrew of Crete, bishopBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel Let us go together to meet Christ on...