Darkness and Tension (Holy Saturday)
I’m not a patient person and I absolutely hate sitting in the “unknown.” Before I go to see a movie, I look up how it ends online. I read the...
He Chose You (Good Friday)
When my oldest daughter was four years old, our family made a pilgrimage to the quaint and almost hidden St. Anne’s Shrine in Massachusetts. While praying the Stations of the...
Never Forget (Holy Thursday)
By Mark Hart I don’t have the greatest memory. I’m constantly setting reminders on my phone and sending emails to myself so that I remember to do certain tasks, whether...
Hope in the Silence
It’s Holy Saturday, and the world is as silent as the grave. Literally. As a Church, we spend the day in a seemingly awkward in-between state — we are no...
Jesus Was Human Too
God became human. On a quiet night, Mary gave birth to our savior. Few people were there; he came into the world vulnerable. He came to save us. Heaven rejoiced....
The Impossible Truth of the Eucharist
How could a reasonable person living in the 21st century actually believe that at the Catholic Mass, bread and wine are truly (like, not symbolically) changed into the body, blood,...
