I could sense at mass this morning the power of Holy Week all around us, the pain, the awe, that waiting. I remember reading somewhere a comment that the Christian who does not enter into the Easter liturgy has no claim to call himself a Christian. Everyone comes to sip at this liturgical well takes their own water of life away to drink. For me I was touched by the supernatural aspects of the Passion Narrative, the touches of the other. For instance Jesus sends the disciples to a certain house to take a certain colt. He knows the colt will be ties up, he knows the owner will question and then accept. How does He know all this in advance? He rides the colt though it has never been ridden yet the animal makes no complaint How so? He sends the disciples to prepare the Upper Room for the Last Supper , gives them directions, the room is freely given and prepared, how so? At all the great occasions in the Lords life we see this meeting of heaven and Earth in the supernatural. I suspect if we were to think about it, we would recognise this in our own.
Love the new pic Padraig and is one of my favorites that captures Our Lady of Sorrows. It looks familiar ha ha. I can't wait to start Holy Week. Church begins for me in 1 hour.
You mean novena potato sack? The dm chaplet you should say often if not even daily. The novena should start on Good Friday and and the next Saturday.
I just finished watching the film , 'The Passion of the Christ' Cathy, for the first time. Wow! Prayers going up for Mel Gibson, what a gift to God's Church. It occurs to me some of it must have given great room for thought amongst Protestant viewers...Mary...the Last Supper. I got angry at the Roman soldiers and the Sandhedrin until I remembered it was my own sins put Him there and for my sake He died. May I always remember this. Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
I've watched the movie many times Padraig. It inspired me to read Emmerich's writings on the Passion. It is a wonderful portrayal of Mary, the best I've seen in movies about Jesus. so strong and what suffering she endured. very inspiring!
Yes, the movie is definitely an epic all right and sobering since it is so hard hitting some of the scenes I had to watch behind my fingers and had great difficulty holding back the tears. Why do we so readily fall so easily into sin and forget His Passion?
Look at the cross and see the revelation- God’s revelation! Christ the Lord is your God and King. See that revelation compels you to ask and answer this question: Is he your God and King or is someone or something else? Now is the moment of decision. http://fatherstevegrunow.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/homily-for-palm-sunday-april-13th-2014/
Here is a letter from Myrna Nazzour (Stigmatist from Damascus, Our Lady Of Soufanieh) to Mel Gibson. http://www.unitypublishing.com/Newsletter/GibsonMirna.htm Such a warm letter, Easter centered with a kind invite to Damascus to visit them.
I will put this video here again as my thread "Holy Week - Passion of Christ" was not continued.... I have to tell you that when I heard and saw this video, tears trickled down my cheeks. I deeply felt the pain of Our Lady and Our Lord. It is that separation of two Souls who loved each other so much. Olga Szyrowa has a divine voice. It is such a beautiful version of Ave Maria.
I read the Readings for today and came upon this reflection. It's so true...forgiveness ......it's what's it's all about but so hard. Like the reflection there is a person in my life who has verbally attacked my wife and daughter throughout Lent and I "fought" this. It's now time - it's the Holiest week of the year- for me to somehow forgive as Jesus did and live his commandment. Pray for me. http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/041414.html
Im sure Mels made enough coin to not mind this .... but if theirs any legal problems ....your on your own Padraig.
The Divine Mercy novena begins on Good Friday, adding the Chaplet is always good http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm
I always like when I go on Pilgrimage to pray for something definite to bring back from it. Something to remember by. Lent and Advent are both pilgrimages. This year I got light on a sin I committed when I was 15 but never properly confessed. I believe it has had quite a bit of bad influence on the years that followed. What a blessing to discover this, a great grace. I am planning to confess it fully on Holy Saturday. What a grace it must have been to meet someone like Padre Pio who brought such things to the surface. imagine 43 years hidden and just brought to the surface now. Thanks God. I think sometimes we are like saucepans and we need steel wool used. Lent is a great steel wool. How relieved I will be to get this stone out of my shoe. I have not looked forward to Confession so much for many , many ,years, it was a really, really bad sin. What a relief.
Me too. The Holy Spirit has been shining a welcome light into the recesses. So many sins to apologise for, thank God for his tender mercies. We need a firm purpose of amendment.
It is always good indeed. Say it often. Say it every day! Save many many souls. We have this great chaplet to do just this if we only will do our part. It is such a little part and can do so much. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, Have mercy on us and on the whole world!
