Jeanie Hannaman

Fr. Kevin Drew, Catholic Exchange - Christ began His final trek into Jerusalem from Bethany, two miles to the east of the city, just on the other side of the Mount of Olives.  He had been staying out in the wilderness, but now the King makes His triumphant entry into His Holy City... Why had Christ been staying east of town, in the wilderness?  Because He had just performed His greatest miracle.  He raised Lazarus, buried in a tomb for four days, from the dead.  That happened in Bethany, and since it was so close to Jerusalem, word got out all over the city.  The gospels tell us that many pilgrims, upon hearing of Lazarus’ raising wanted to see Jesus.  And the Jewish leaders?  They wanted to kill Jesus. ....

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine - Damaging wind gusts, hail, and rain swept into Washington, D.C., on April 3—the 29th day of Lent, the day Theodore McCarrick stopped breathing, the day he stood across from Jesus Christ. Since no bishop dared to speak on his behalf, Mother Nature eulogized. When the storm lifted and the sun shone, I thought of Fr. John Hollowell, the priest on his way to becoming the first American recognized as having received a miracle at Lourdes, France.

By Deacon Michael Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life - Today is known as Spy Wednesday for it is believed that on this day of Holy Week, Judas agreed to betray the Lord for thirty pieces of silver... No one loves me more than Jesus. My God, in whose mind I was first conceived, loves me so much that He became man so that I might again become like Him. God is love. So it is that Love, himself, was betrayed by Judas... It is easy to look back across the mists of centuries and wag our fingers and cluck our tongues at Judas, the betrayer. Yet how many times have I also betrayed the Lord? By my choices, my thoughts, my words, and my deeds?