Dear All, Before Holy week came along I was bent on doing a series of pieces on the notions of covenant and election. Try as I might, I have not been able to recapture the thread of development that I hoped to follow. So … Instead, I want to ask you to perform a couple of thought experiments with me.
Dear All, Lent is almost gone and it is time to consider once more the mysteries of Holy Week. With Palm Sunday well celebrated, for three days the Church settles into the contemplation of the events of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the last week of Jesus' life and a meditative reading of three of the Songs of the Suffering Servant; the fourth is the first reading for Good Friday.