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Happy Easter and Home Improvements Reveal a Lot
Happy Easter! It was a beautiful Triduum, followed by lovely gatherings with family and friends. I am so grateful for the beautiful people we are privileged to call family and friends! I hope your celebrations have been equally lovely. I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted! Besides all the Easter celebrating, I have been working my fingers to the bone trying to finish my crazy mudroom/laundry room project — but the end is in sight! My project has left me with some profound questions, like, “why do I like to punish myself?” and “have I bitten off more than I can chew?” and even shallow things like, “will…
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Entering Into the Triduum
“Why is tonight different from all other nights?” The phrase appears at the beginning of each line of The Four Questions, traditionally asked by the youngest child during the celebration of the Jewish Passover Seder. It’s a great question to ask ourselves as we enter into the Triduum. How was this night, over two thousand years ago, different than all other nights? Holy Thursday began with the celebration of the Jewish Passover. But Jesus didn’t take the traditional fourth cup and drink it on that night — He even asked if that cup might pass him by — because He knew what it meant. He knew that He would be…
