Author Archives: Deacon Eric
The Hunted Shepherd
Happy Good Shepherd Sunday! Each year the Fourth Sunday of Easter is our parish feast day, our special annual celebration. What do you think of when you hear this title of Jesus, the Good Shepherd? Maybe for some of us … Continue reading
Alleluia!
Alleluia! It’s an exclamation of supreme joy that we leave untranslated in English. It is the Latinized form of Hallelujah, which in Hebrew means “Praise the Lord!” At the Easter Vigil the deacon carries the Easter candle into a darkened … Continue reading
Like a Lamb Led to the Slaughter
Good Friday. Somber, stark and stripped-down. It’s the only day of the year we do no celebrate Mass. It’s appropriate, because Jesus passes us by every day, unnoticed. As we hear in today’s second reading from Isaiah, “He was spurned … Continue reading
‘I have given you a model to follow’
In a dramatic and moving moment as he celebrates the Passover meal with this disciples, Jesus strips down and washes the feet of his followers. So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined … Continue reading
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
On this day we enter more deeply into the mystery of Jesus and his kenosis, the outpouring of self in service. It is one of the greatest paradoxes of life; that in emptying ourselves we are satisfied and filled. Holy … Continue reading
