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When I was a seminarian in Rome, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with several Czech bishops and priests.  There, in the Old City of Jerusalem, we walked the Via Dolorosa, the Way of the Cross, passing shops and souvenir vendors selling cards and olive wood crosses. 

When I was a seminarian in Rome, I made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with several Czech bishops and priests.

How fitting that we begin the celebration of the Triduum by remembering Jesus gathered with his friends for the Passover meal in which he gave himself to us in the bread and cup of the Eucharist. 

How fitting that we begin the celebration of the Triduum by remembering Jesus gathered with his friends for the Passover meal in which he gave himself to us in the bread and cup of the Eucharist.

Although it’s at the very heart of our faith, the story of the suffering and death of Jesus is recounted only twice a year, and then in the same week, on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

Although it’s at the very heart of our faith, the story of the suffering and death of Jesus is recounted only twice a year, and then in the same week, on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

“If the spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies as well, through his spirit dwelling in you.

There’s a line from Dante’s “Inferno:” In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had lost the right path.

The Gospel of this Sunday of Lent presents to us the dialogue of Jesus with a Samaritan; which shows us how Jesus acted against what was allowed or acceptable, by entering into a dialogue with a Samaritan and specially a woman.