Reflections on the Daily Readings 11th April 2022

Webmaster • April 9, 2022

Monday 11th April


Monday Of Holy Week

What’s your pet project? 


Everyone knows Saint Francis of Assisi loved animals—but so did many other saints. Saint Basil the Great urged Christians to see animals as our brothers. Saint Cuthbert made friends with birds. Saint Giles was a vegetarian. And Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats, is known for feeding and loving the strays around her monastery. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “God surrounds animals with His providential care” and Catholic moral theology and ecology have always insisted that it is an act of cruelty to abuse an animal. Today is National Pet Day, a chance to thank God for all creatures—as well as advocate for their welfare.


Today's readings: Isaiah 42:1-7; John 12:1-11

“You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”




Tuesday 12th April


Tuesday Of Holy Week

Reoiled and ready to serve


During this Holy Week your diocese will celebrate its annual Chrism Mass. Diocesan priests join their bishop as he mixes and blesses a year’s supply of sacred oils to be used across the diocese for the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (Oil of Catechumens), the Anointing of the Sick (Oil of the Infirm), and the sanctification of those who receive Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders (Holy Chrism). We are anointed for a noble purpose and receive a healing balm. Give glory to God who seals us with inherent dignity and makes us whole.


Today's readings: Isaiah 49:1-6; John 13:21-33, 36- 38

“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.”



Wednesday 13th April


Wednesday Of Holy Week

Cinema that inspires 


On this day in 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Lilies of the Field. The moment was also notable in that Poitier was an immigrant from the Bahamas and a black Catholic—bringing two marginalized groups together in one historic personage. His role was also unique, that of a handyman who helps a group of nuns—immigrants themselves—with their aging farm property. With its vision of interracial harmony and positive portrait of the church, the film attained legendary status. May we all aspire to live out the call of unity.


Today's readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Matthew 26:14-25

“I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.”


Thursday 14th April


Holy Thursday; Evening Mass Of The Lord's Supper

Lean into the Real Presence 


Do we ever plumb the depths of what the Eucharist means in our lives? Christ present. Blood poured out for the world. Unifying meal. The many ways to understand what Jesus gave to us on Holy Thursday may take more than a lifetime to truly grasp. Some of the deepest truths of faith are those that we cannot completely unlock intellectually. Perhaps today is a moment to let go and just relax into Jesus as we receive him at Mass. “He is present for your happiness,” Saint Francis de Sales tells us. “Welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence.”


Today's readings: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15

“This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”


Friday 15th April


Friday Of The Lord's Passion (Good Friday);

You were there for the long haul


Good Friday, called “Long Friday” in some cultures, marks the close of the long fast of Lent. The word Lent, itself, derives from Old Germanic words for long, or lengthening, days, likely referring to spring. Regardless of what we call this day or the season that brought us here, it has indeed been a long fast. Have you spent these 40 days the way you had intended? Or did you perhaps pass the cup of self-sacrifice early on? Not to worry. In the end, it is more about quality than quantity. As Doctor of the Church Saint John Chrysostom says, “No matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.”


Today's readings:Isaiah 52:13—53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1—19:42

“See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.”



Saturday 16th April


Holy Saturday; Easter Vigil

Experience the real absence


Today the church is silent, the altar is bare, the tabernacle is empty. Holy Saturday is observed without ceremony of any kind. The Easter Vigil does not start until the sun goes down. Before the kindling of the Easter fire, Holy Saturday remains a blank spot in the church’s calendar signifying the real death of Jesus. Perhaps it is a good time to visit your church and experience our lifeless Lord. If you get there before the hubbub of Easter preparation begins, you can keep vigil in the quietude of a church reflecting on its beloved Christ, crucified.


Today's readings: Vigil: Genesis 1:1—2:2; Genesis 22:1-18; Exodus 14:15—15:1; Exodus 15:1-2, 3-4, 5- 6, 17-18; Isaiah 54:5-14; Isaiah 55:1-11; Baruch 3:9- 15, 32—4:4; Ezekiel 36:16-17a, 18-28; Romans 6:3- 11; Mark 16:1-7

“Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?”

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