The Good Word

In many of the post-Easter readings speakers today Peter Jesus reach back into the tradition in which they are rooted in order to make sense of the fresh events nbsp Our way of saying that is that they re-view Old Testament tradition while gripped by what they have just experienced at Easter

I wish I could be present at the celebration of America Magazine rsquo s 100th Anniversary tomorrow in New York nbsp It was about two years ago that I was invited to participate in the blog ldquo The Good Word rdquo and I have enjoyed the opportunity that I was given by Tim Reidy and the magazi

One of the readings for Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord is the account of Cleopas and the unnamed disciple on the road to Emmaus Luke 24 13-35 I love this reading for it is a perfect example of Jesus rsquo loving presence even when we are not aware that he is near that he is with

Good Friday is betrayal by a dear friend a part of an inner circle preparation in a long dark night for a coming arrest trial public and painful humiliation repudiation and death on a cross Why is it called Good Friday It doesn rsquo t seem very good At some point most Christians have ha

The Second Reading for Holy Thursday is 1 Corinthians 11 23-26 In the tradition which Paul received of Jesus rsquo words of institution he relays Jesus rsquo command to do this in remembrance of me when partaking in both the bread and the cup This is my body that is for you Do this in rememb

Just in time for Holy Week editorial director Karen Sue Smith has narrated an audio slide show of Holy Week 2008 at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale Arizona Also known simply as The Casa the center is known for quality of its music liturgical dance and drama and the enthusiastic pa

I wrote something different for Palm Sunday than what I am posting here but felt it was too personal to post not with respect to me but with respect to neighbors friends my family and my parish I did not identify anyone by name with the exception of a kind and good neighbor identifying him a

In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his reverence Son though he was he learned obedience from what he suffered and when he was made perfect he bec

Father Jim Martin has kindly shared his homily for this Sunday with the readers of The Good Word Enjoy Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains just a grain of wheat but if it dies it produces much fruit nbsp John 12 20-33 Now what does that mean exactly nbsp W

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The nbsp astounding salvific nbsp revelations to Mary about the identity of her Son deserve to be the subject of homilies on this Feast of the Annunciation nbsp What Gabriel makes known to Mary becomes the patrimony of the Gospel reader with these revelations he can unde