One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,went to the chief priests and said,“What are you willing to give meif I hand him over to you?”They paid him thirty pieces of silver,and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened …
Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,“Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,was reclining at Jesus’ side.So Simon Peter nodded to him to find …
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oilmade from genuine aromatic nardand anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them …
The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Breadwere to take place in two days’ time.So the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a wayto arrest him by treachery and put him to death.They said, “Not during the festival,for fear that there may be a riot among the people.” When he was in Bethany reclining …
Today, March 27, is the memorial of Saint John of Egypt. John was born in the year 305. At 25, he became a monk guided by an elderly hermit. When the latter died, John went on a spiritual journey to some holy places. He eventually lived—permanently—on the top of a cliff near Lycopolis, Egypt. He …
Today, March 27, is the memorial of Saint Pedro Calungsod. Born in 1654, Pedro was educated by members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in the Visayas. He could thus read, write, and speak Chamorro, Spanish, and Visayan. He was also skilled in painting, drawing, singing, and carpentry. In 1668, he became a teenage lay …
Many of the Jews who had come to Maryand seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him.But some of them went to the Phariseesand told them what Jesus had done.So the chief priests and the Phariseesconvened the Sanhedrin and said,“What are we going to do?This man is performing many signs.If we leave him …
Today, March 26, is the memorial of Saint Ludger.Born in 742 AD, Ludger came from a family of wealth and nobility. He was the brothers of St. Gerburgis and St. Hildegrin. He was much impressed by the preaching of St. Boniface. He was ordained priest and became a missionary. He went on a pilgrimage to …
The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father.For which of these are you trying to stone me?”The Jews answered him,“We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.You, a man, are making yourself God.”Jesus answered them,“Is it not written in …
