A PAUSE FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER

Posted on March 31, 2012 by franksantucci

This service will be interrupted until Monday April 16.

Although Eugene will be silent for a few days, all the past entries are online and can be consulted – there are 577 entries thus far. You can use the “search engine” on the homepage to look up texts on particular themes.

This is also the last entry from Aix en Provence. The house is undergoing repairs and changes, and a completely new Oblate community will begin their ministry here at the end of the year. In preparation for my next assignment I will be based in Marseille for the next three months , and so Eugene will continue to speak to us each day from the city he lived in for 38 years.

A BLESSED HOLY WEEK AND EASTER TO EACH OF YOU!

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3 Responses to A PAUSE FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER

  1. Eleanor Rabnett, Oblate Associate says:
    March 31, 2012 at 11:35

    Thank you.

    Wishing you and all who come here to listen and reflect a Blessed Holy Week and joyous Easter.

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  2. Anda says:
    April 2, 2012 at 18:00

    Blessings, Frank, for the Easter season …. and let us know about your new assignment!

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  3. John Mouck says:
    April 5, 2012 at 13:24

    just a thought this Holy Thursday on our love of each other, love of the poor, service:
    “There’s no real story of the Last Supper in the Gospel of John as we find it in the other Gospels. There is no passing of the bread or passing of the cup. Instead we come upon the story of Jesus on his knees washing the Apostles’ feet. Really quite amazing, and even more amazing that we never made the foot washing into a Sacrament! It is much more explicit in the Scriptures than many other actions we made into sacraments.
    Perhaps John realized that after seventy years the other Gospels had been read. He wanted to give a theology of the Eucharist that revealed the meaning behind the breaking of the bread. He made it into an active ritual of servanthood and solidarity, instead of the priestly cult that it has largely become.

    Peter symbolizes all of us as he protests, “You will never wash my feet!” (John 13:8). But Jesus answers, “If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me.” That is strong! We all find it hard to receive undeserved love from another. For some reason it is very humiliating to the ego. We all want to think we have earned any love that we get by our worthiness or attractiveness. So Jesus has to insist on being the servant lover. Thank God, Peter surrenders, but it probably takes him the rest of his life to understand.”
    – Richard Rohr

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