Fr. Benedict Kiely: The Coal Fire

The journey we began nearly six weeks ago is almost over, or, to paraphrase Churchill, it is just the beginning of the end. We are about to enter the Sacred Triduum, the unbroken liturgical celebration of the Paschal Mystery, the life, saving death, and Resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, the Lord of history and of Creation, the King of the Universe, God made man.

As we pass through these days, we need to be ready to reaffirm our baptismal promises on Easter Day, something of truly profound significance. When we hear the solemn proclamation of the Passion read, three characters are intimately involved in the Passion who, each in their own way, reflect aspects of our own Christian lives, and from whom we might draw certain lessons for the future. …

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