"Your Word, Lord, is truth." † John 17:17
Kevin Ndege 
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
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