Saint Vincent Archabbey

Is 50:4-9; Ps 69:8-10,21,22,31,33,34; Mt 26:14-25“Zeal for your house consumes me!” What a difference one day makes in this beautiful drama of Holy Week. The

Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-6, 15,16; Jn 13:21-33,36-38“From my mother’s womb you are my strength.” In a shame based social organization, it is death to have

Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1-3,13-14; Jn 12:1-11“My heart will not fear.” We spend this whole week gazing upon the cross of Christ. We look with love

Ez 37:21-28; Ps: Jer 31:10,11,12; Jn 11:45-56?“Like a shepherd.” So how does a shepherd guard his flock? The Good Shepherd, a title the Lord Jesus

Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5, 6, 14-16; Mt 20:17-28“In your hands is my destiny.” Psalm 31 is the prayer of Jeremiah and the prayer of Jesus,

Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8,9,16,17,21,23; Mt 23:1-12“Offers praise as a sacrifice” This is the gift of a holy Lent. The LORD God corrects us by

Dn 9:4-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Lk 6:36-38“May your compassion quickly come!” We are our own worst enemy. We remember our iniquities and sometimes

Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48“Do not utterly forsake me.” Can there be a more unimaginable punishment? What can it mean to be utterly

Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8, 6; Mt 5:20-26“Plenteous redemption” What is plenteous redemption? It is something beyond kindness. It is found with the LORD, the one

1Kgs 3:4-13; Ps 119:9-14; Mk 6:30-34“Within my heart I treasure your promise.” The Father’s promise of life eternal in his Son, Jesus Christ, through the

Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40“Lift up, O gates, your lintels…” Never has the city of Jerusalem been so open. The gates are

1Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chronicles 29:10,11ab,11d-12a,12bcd; Mk 6:7-13“It is yours to give grandeur and strength.” The nation of Israel, a world power under King David

2Sm 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1,2,5,6,7; Mk 6:1-6?“With glad cries of freedom you will ring me around!” Saint John Bosco could have easily prayed the words

2Sm 18:9,10,14b,24,25a,30-19:3; Ps 86:1-6; Mk 5:21-43“Save your servant who trusts in you.” Could we pray the words of today’s responsorial psalm, “Incline your ear, O

2Sm 12:1-7a,10-17; Ps 51:12-17; Mk 4:35-41“Give me a pure heart, O God!” David the King, the man after God’s own heart, let his lust overwhelm