Tag Archives: Easter

Cancer Update, Household Events, and Holy Week

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Brian H. Gill

There’s a winter weather advisory in effect until 2:00 p.m. — but most of the snow has already fallen and/or gotten blown around. I gather that three to five inches came down here. That’s three to five inches more than … Continue reading →

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Easter Morning: Mary of Magdala’s Experience

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

Recapping Friday’s post: whether Jesus died from cardiac rupture, cardiorespiratory failure or something else, the main point is that he died. Then Jesus was buried. Again, let’s remember that he was, in the words of the Munckin coroner in “Wizard … Continue reading →

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“…When You Come Into Your Kingdom”

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

Jesus had been run back and forth between Caiaphas’, Pilate’s and Herod’s places; tortured, and nailed to a cross on Golgotha. (Matthew 26:47–27:2; Mark 14:53–15:41; Luke 22:66–23:49) No question about it. He was having a really bad day. No, that’s … Continue reading →

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Making a Cross From Four Palm Fronds

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

Here in central Minnesota, palm fronds are part of our Palm Sunday Mass. We generally take them home, fold them into the shape of a cross while they’re still green and pliable, and put them somewhere in the home where … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday, 2023: Holy Week Begins

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

Today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week. Lent is almost over. At Mass this morning, we walked through our Lord’s last days in Jerusalem, starting with the first century equivalent of a ticker tape parade. Jesus was top … Continue reading →

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