Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil April 8, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Genesis 1:1-2:2 The Vigil readings recount the history of salvation. We begin with the narrative of creation which assures us that the world is God’s work and is good. Then we hear about how God tested Abraham and promised him a numberless progeny.

Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion April 7, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 This is the final Servant Song. The portrait of the servant offered here shows us an unattractive person avoided by the people around him as one afflicted by God. Yet his sufferings were inflicted on him as the result of

Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper April 6, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 This is a narrative of remembrance. It retells the beginning of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt–the proclamation of their religious identity. Every year God’s people would recall these events. Jesus did with his disciples at their last supper together.

Wednesday of Holy Week April 5, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 50:4-9a Each day the Lord’s Servant is instructed by God about the message he is to proclaim. He is patient even when he is rejected and abused by the people he is sent to benefit. He relies on God’s help against those who

Tuesday of Holy Week April 4, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 49:1-6 The Servant Songs of Isaiah continue. Today we hear the Servant reflecting on his relationship with God. God has called him to be an instrument of his will to show forth the divine glory. Even when it seems that the Servant has

Monday of Holy Week April 3, 2023Daily Reading from the USCCB: Isaiah 42:1-7 In the Book of Isaiah there are four poems–“oracles”–about God’s deliverance of his people. They constitute a poetic portrait of the savior that God would send to them. They’re known as the oracles of the Servant of the Lord. Sometimes these poems