by Father Jacob Maurer | Mar 30, 2024 | Reflections
Of all of the days of the Triduum, Good Friday is the most intense, both figuratively and practically. Practically speaking, I find it to be the most physically taxing of days. In addition to the normal routine at the parish school (drop-off & prayer), we have...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Mar 28, 2024 | Reflections
Tonight we enter into the three-fold celebration of passion, death, and resurrection of the Lord: the Triduum has begun. Our Mass tonight had it all: the presentation of the oils, a homily on the three-fold mystery of the Eucharist, the priesthood, and the call to...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Mar 27, 2024 | Reflections
As part of preparing to enter into the Triduum, we gathered tonight at Saint Mark parish for Tenebrae or the Service of Shadows. Over the course of an hour and a half, we chanted fifteen psalms – split into groups of three called nocturnes – with readings...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Mar 26, 2024 | Reflections
As I write this, it is Tuesday evening of Holy Week – my day off landing smack dab in the quiet lull before the many liturgies to come. Here at Saint Mark parish, we had three Masses for Palm Sunday – the procession was at our principal Mass (10:30 am...
by Father Jacob Maurer | Apr 13, 2022 | Reflections
Today is the last full day of Lent (which officially ends at the beginning of the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday). This day is known as ‘spy’ Wednesday, taken from story of Judas’ betrayal of Jesus – the Gospel...