Category Archives: Holy Week

Good Friday

By   March 29, 2017
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WHY JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS? The passion of the Christ: On April 12th, 2004 the cover of TIME magazine asked (,9171,993793,00.html), “Why Did Jesus Have to Die?” TIME put this question in the spotlight partly because it was the beginning of Holy Week and the time of the year when Christians throughout the Western… Continue reading »

Holy Thursday

By   March 29, 2017
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Homily Synopsis: Holy Thursday evening Mass L/17 Introduction: On Holy Thursday, we celebrate three anniversaries: 1) the anniversary of the first Holy Mass, 2) the anniversary of the institution of ministerial priesthood in order to perpetuate the Holy Mass, convey God’s forgiveness to repentant sinners and preach the Good News of salvation, 3) the anniversary… Continue reading »

ASH WEDNESDAY

By   February 27, 2017
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SYNOPSIS: ASH WEDNESDAY HOMILY ON Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 Introduction: Ash Wednesday (dies cinerum), is the Church’s Yom Kippur or the “Day of Atonement.” Its very name comes from the Jewish practice of doing penance wearing “sackcloth and ashes.” The Old Testament tells us how the people of Nineveh, King Ben Hadad of Syria, and Queen… Continue reading »