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By Msgr. Charles Pope - Later on this evening, the Lord will celebrate the Passover meal with His disciples. We ought to be mindful that the unleavened bread Jesus will take in His hands is called “the bread of affliction.” Scripture says, You shall eat [the Passover] with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt...

By Br. Jordan Zajac, Catholic Exchange, O.P. - On Holy Thursday night, and at every Holy Hour, we are invited to recall the crucial difference between unawareness and unresponsiveness, lest we conflate the two. It’s the difference between an absent presence (think: snoozing apostles, caught totally unawares) and a silent presence (think: Christ contained in the Eucharist, non-responsive but yet fully present).

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews - A Chinese bishop whom the Vatican asked to step aside to make way for an excommunicated and illegitimate bishop has been arrested by police in China... Asia News has reported today that His Excellency Vincent Guo Xijin, Bishop of Mindong (Fujian), and the chancellor of the diocese, Fr. Xu, were arrested by the police last evening.

By Matthew E. Bunson, National Catholic Register - “There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future,” goes the quote often attributed to St. Augustine... This is of considerable encouragement to all of us, but it is especially meaningful for those who are preparing to complete their journey into the Church this Easter.