After supper, Jesus poured water into a basin and begin to wash the disciples’ feet. “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later,” He told them. Father Jerry said in today’s homily, “Perhaps the invitation to us this Holy Thursday is not only to pray in gratitude for Jesus’ […]

The disciples prepared the Passover. Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this. they begin to say to Him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord.” And Jesus replied, “Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It […]

“The brokenness we both suffer and inflict can be healed in the love of God. Love that is humble. Love that is sincere. Love that is centered in gratitude and selflessness,” said Father Jerry in today’s homily. “In the broken body of Jesus, we are reconciled with God. In the broken body of Jesus, our […]

In today’s reading from the Gospel of John, Mary uses costly oil to anoint the feet of Jesus, then dries them with her hair. “Jesus sees where His mission is leading,” says Fr. Jerry in his homily, “He seeks comfort in the company of His friends.” In Jesus’ time, Father explains, the washing of feet […]