Sixth Sunday of Lent – Palm Sunday
“It is finished.” John 19:30 The word finish is confusing because it usually means the end. We would then ask what ended? The life of... Read More
Lent Week 5
“I thirst.” John 19:28 To thirst is a sign that the physical body has a demanding need. When we thirst we lose all freedom, thirst... Read More
Lent Week 4
Around the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, saying “Eli Eli lama sabachthani?” which is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken... Read More
Lent Week 2
Second Sunday of Lent “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 What is paradise? Is it a... Read More
First Sunday of Lent
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do”. Luke 23:34 If we truly love, we truly forgive. The action... Read More
Lent Begins with Ash Wednesday
Lent – Contemplating The Seven Sayings From the Cross Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a love story and in 2018 it fell on Valentine’s Day.... Read More
6th Week of Lent
Summary of all the weeks of Lent Rev Mario’s meditation in the Lent book focuses on the betrayal of Christ. Over this Lenten period we... Read More
5th Week of Lent
I Am the True Vine “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he... Read More
4th Week of Lent
I Am or Astral? “The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they... Read More
3rd Week of Lent
Judgment “but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him,... Read More