† God is Love. Love everyone as you love yourself.
There is no night like the Easter Vigil. If Good Friday feels like silence, then the Easter Vigil feels like waiting in the dark, holding your breath, not quite in sorrow anymore, but not yet in joy. It is the space between death and resurrection. And for Catholics, it is the most powerful liturgy of … Read more
A simple, honest reflection on silence, loss, and hope If Good Friday feels heavy, Holy Saturday feels… still. It is the one day in the Church year where almost nothing happens on the surface. No Mass. No celebration. No sound of bells. You walk into a church and it feels different, bare, quiet, almost unfinished. … Read more
What Is Good Friday? Good Friday is the day the Church commemorates the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It falls during Holy Week, two days before Easter Sunday. It is called “good” not because of what happened… because what happened was brutal, unjust, and deeply painful but because of what it accomplished. On this … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for April 3rd 2026 GOOD FRIDAY (FAST AND ABSTINENCE) FIRST READING “He was wounded for our transgressions.” Fourth song of the Servant of the Lord A reading from the Book of Isaiah (ISAIAH 52: 13 – 53: 12) Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be … Read more
Holy Thursday often also called Maundy Thursday is one of the most intimate and moving days in the Catholic Church. If Good Friday shows us the depth of Christ’s sacrifice, then Holy Thursday reveals the heart behind that sacrifice. This is the day everything becomes personal. It is the evening of the Last Supper. The … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Thursday, April 2nd 2026 HOLY THURSDAY/MAUNDY THURSDAY FIRST READING The law for the Passover meal A reading from the Book of Exodus (EXODUS 12: 1 – 8, 11 – 14) In those days: The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the … Read more
Catholic Mass Readings for Wednesday, April 1st 2026 WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK FIRST READING “I hid not my face from shame and spitting” (Third song of the servant of the Lord) A reading from the Book of Isaiah (ISAIAH 50: 4 – 9a) The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, … Read more
There is a certain quietness about Holy Wednesday, a stillness that feels different from the earlier days of Holy Week. By now, everything is moving toward the Cross. The tension has reached its peak, but instead of noise, there is a kind of silence… the kind that comes just before something irreversible happens. Holy Wednesday … Read more