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- Good FridayPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cross-sunset-sunrise-hill-70847.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cross-sunset-sunrise-hill-70847.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cross-sunset-sunrise-hill-70847.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21400" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
For all the pain and agony, the darkness and despair, we dare to call this day “Good” because Jesus Christ took our place and died on the Cross for our sins.
Readings – Good Friday (#40)
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9 min - Holy ThursdayPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-6134082.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-6134082.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-photo-6134082.jpeg?w=490" alt="" class="wp-image-19557" />Photo by Felipe Balduino on Pexels.com
We are nourished with the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus, instituted at the Last Supper, so that we may humbly serve one another in the name of Christ.
Mass Readings – Holy Thursday (#39)
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7 min - Daily Mass: We confess our sins before the Lord. Catholic inspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-1579631.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-1579631.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-photo-1579631.jpeg?w=490" alt="A man looking up with a thoughtful expression against a dark background in black and white." class="wp-image-19124" />Photo by Mstudio on Pexels.com
As Judas betrays Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, we reflect on those times when we have sinned and ask the Lord for pardon and forgiveness.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of Holy Week (#259)
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8 min - Daily Mass: The light of Christ banishes the darkness of our sins. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/energy-of-technology-consumption-light-159436.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/energy-of-technology-consumption-light-159436.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/energy-of-technology-consumption-light-159436.jpeg?w=490" alt="" class="wp-image-20206" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
Jesus recognizes how sin has enslaved Judas in the darkness, reminding us that God knows our sins and desires to cast them out by light of grace.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of Holy Week (#258)
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8 min - Daily Mass: We acknowledge our weaknesses to guard against temptation. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pexels-photo-2539077-edited.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pexels-photo-2539077-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pexels-photo-2539077-edited.jpeg?w=490" alt="" class="wp-image-20917" />Photo by Ricky Esquivel on Pexels.com
The Gospel of John reveals how Judas was a thief who stole from the money bag, and his particular temptation reminds us to acknowledge our own “weak spots” so that we can guard against falling into sin.
Mass Readings – Monday of Holy Week (#257)
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6 min - Study, Pray, Serve: Easter DayPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-325790.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-325790.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-325790.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21350" />Photo by Dom Gould on Pexels.com
Let’s review some of the main themes in the Mass readings for Easter Day.
1st Reading – Acts of the Apostles 10:34a,37-43
- Peter proclaims the life, death and resurrection of Jesus to the crowd.
- The disciples are witnesses of Christ and testify on his behalf for the forgiveness of sins.
Psalm 118: 1-2,16-17,22-23
- “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”
- We give thanks for the might and glory of God who is merciful to us.
2nd Reading – Colossians 3:1-4
- You have died with Christ, and your life is hidden with God.
- When Christ your life appears, you will appear with him in glory.
2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 5:6b-8
- We clear out the old yeast of malice and wickedness.
- We make a new batch of dough with the new yeast of sincerity and truth.
Gospel – John 20:1-9
- Mary Magdalene finds the tomb empty and runs to tell Peter and the other disciple.
- Peter and the other disciple run back to the tomb.
- They had not yet understood that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
Mass Readings – Easter Day (#42)
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12 min - Palm Sunday of the Lord’s PassionPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-208315.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-208315.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-208315.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21375" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
The Passion of the Lord is proclaimed within the shadow of the Cross, where we discover how love, sacrifice, and humility shape our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Mass Readings – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (#37/38)
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8 min - Daily Mass: The Sanhedrin plots to kill Jesus. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-764880.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-764880.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pexels-photo-764880.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-21370" />Photo by Bob Price on Pexels.com
Following the miracle of Lazarus, the crowds follow Jesus and the Sanhedrin plots to kill him.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 5th Week of Lent (#256)
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7 min - Daily Mass: In our distress, we call upon the Lord. Catholic Inspiration
Psalm 18 affirms both the real struggle of life and the supreme strength of God, empowering us to engage our challenges with the Lord’s help.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 5th Week of Lent (#255)
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St. Stanislaus, pray for us!
7 min - Carry Your Cross: We empty ourselves and are filled with God’s gracePexels.com" data-medium-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-photo-278823.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-photo-278823.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-photo-278823.jpeg?w=490" alt="" class="wp-image-20743" />Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com
In this final installment of the six-part Lenten series, Carry Your Cross, Fr. Andrew relates Matthew 16:13-28 to Philippians 2:1-11, showing how we follow the example of Christ and “empty ourselves” as we make a life-giving offering to the Lord.
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