I am happy that I managed to post a thought here for each day of Lent. Not sure how much difference they made but hopefully they might have helped on the journey. Certainly made me think a little.
Had a great gathering this evening for Holy Thursday Mass of The Lord’s Supper. I was delighted to see so many people there from the different church areas of the parish. It’s the first year we didn’t have ceremonies in at least two of the churches. People seem to understand the changed situation in the parish and I am very grateful about that.
Someone sent me a photo he took of the Altar at the end of Mass. It looks bare and that’s the way it’s meant to be. We enter a period of mourning now in the church and will watch tomorrow with Christ as he enters the courtroom, having spent time in Gethsemane and is handed over to an angry mob. We will hear again the exchanges between Pilate and Jesus and the account of Jesus’ final moments. Though we’ve heard it before, there is a real hope that we listen a-new, open to hearing and responding in a way not done before.
LENTEN THOUGHT: Let us continue as we have begun. There’s an empty tomb to be discovered.