by Giltus Mathias | Mar 31, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Easter Sunday Readings: Acts 10:34,37-43SequenceColossians 3:1-4John 20:1-9 Reflection This morning the hills are still echoing, “JESUS HAS RISEN!” from every church steeple. During the Vigil last evening, the Community pulled out all the stops! Now the Exultet has...
by Giltus Mathias | Mar 30, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Holy Saturday Reflection Reflection On Holy Saturday we live between the lament and grief of Good Friday and the praise and celebration of Easter Sunday. It is a time of waiting, even of emptiness; expecting something new and different, with confused hope. Lamenting...
by Giltus Mathias | Mar 29, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Good Friday Readings: Isaiah 52: 13 – 53:12Hebrews 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9John 18: 1 – 19: 42 Reflection: A friend once asked me why Good Friday was called Good Friday. “Surely it should be Bad or Sad Friday,” he said. What was a simple question for him struck me as being...
by Giltus Mathias | Mar 28, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Holy Thursday Readings: Exodus 12:1-8;11-141Corinthians 11:23-26John 13:1-15 Reflection: Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said ’This is my body which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.’ In the same way he took the cup after...
by Giltus Mathias | Mar 27, 2024 | Daily Reflections
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9Matthew 26:14-25 Reflection: Today’s readings meditate on how a faithful disciple can suffer betrayal and insult and how this culminates in the betrayal of Jesus. The reading from Isaiah 50 describes one who has been gifted with a disciple’s...