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Contemplation on the 9th hour of the Eve of Wednesday (1)

Who is Zachariah son of Berachiah? St. Jerome thinks that in his time there were three options as to who this Zechariah was: The prophet Zachariah was one of the minor prophets, even though his...

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Contemplation on the 11th hour of the Eve of Monday (1)

Why does Christ tell the apostles about His passion in advance? Whenever the Lord speaks of future disaster, He always teaches its close relation with the joy of redemption, so that when disasters...

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Contemplation on the 6th hour of Great Thursday (1)

Why the upper room for the Passover? (Mark 14:12-16)  It seems to me that this [Upper] room symbolizes the spiritual law which, emerges from the restrains of the written record, receives the Savior in...

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Contemplation on the 3rd hour of the Eve of Great Friday

Peter's Denial (Luke 22:31-39) Out of twelve deserted; eleven remained loyal. The cross came; they fled; one remained – Peter, one with One. The one himself fled, and would that he had! He denied...

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Contemplation on the 3rd hour of the Eve of Tuesday (1)

What is the hen and how does it relate? I came as a hen to protect them, but they received Me in hatred and betrayel, I came as a mother, and they assumed I came to kill them, so they killed Me.

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Contemplation on the 6th hour of the Eve of Great Friday (3)

"My soul is very sorrowful"  The Lord, to test the fidelity of the human nature He had taken on, truly felt sorrowful. However, lest the suffering in His soul be overwhelming, He began to feel...

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