"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
There is something especially heavy about this Gospel. By Tuesday of Holy Week, the shadow of the Cross is no longer far away. It is close. You can feel it in the tone of Jesus’ words, in the troubled silence around the table, in the confusion of the disciples, and in the sorrow that seems … Read more
Holy Tuesday doesn’t come with the same outward attention as Palm Sunday or Good Friday, yet in many ways, it is one of the most intense days of Holy Week. If you sit with the Gospel passages long enough, you begin to feel it, the pressure building, the conversations sharpening, the lines being drawn. By … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Tuesday, March 31st 2026 TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK. FIRST READING “I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” (Second song of the servant of the Lord) A reading from the Book of Isaiah (ISAIAH 49: 1 – 6) Listen … Read more
Holy Monday is one of those quiet days in Holy Week that can easily pass unnoticed, but it shouldn’t. It carries a depth that prepares the heart for everything that is about to unfold: the betrayal, the suffering, the Cross, and ultimately, the Resurrection. If Palm Sunday was the day of welcome, Holy Monday begins … Read more
There is something very tender, very intimate, about this Gospel. Holy Week has begun, and before the noise of the trial, the shouting of the crowd, and the pain of the Cross, the Church gives us this scene in Bethany, a home, a meal, a quiet act of love. Jesus is there with people who … Read more