We are in what Christians call “Holy Week,” the week that changed the world.
Thursday is special, especially to Catholics, because this is when Jesus instituted the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. The actual event was prefaced in this passage:
Gospel of John, Chapter 6:
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you; Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world. 34 They said therefore unto him: Lord, give us always this bread. 35 And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger: and he that believeth in me shall never thirst.
68 Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? 69 And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 70 And we have believed and have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
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This is one time where Jesus didn’t explain, as with his parables. He didn’t say “What I really meant to say was…” And Peter accepted His words, because he knew who Jesus was.
Then there was the Last Supper: Gospel of Luke, Chapter 22:
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you, before I suffer.
16 For I say to you, that from this time I will not eat it, till it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks, and said: Take, and divide it among you: 18 For I say to you, that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, till the kingdom of God come. 19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, and brake; and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me. 20 In like manner the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you.
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Then follows the Agony in the Garden, which began the physical torture of His Passion. In the Catholic Church, this begins the Triduum (“Three Days”). There are many special prayer events, as we relive his Passion with Him in our worship. His sacrifice was our salvation. Only one who was divine could handle the physical and emotional torture He sustained.
May this day, and the following days, be special and holy for you.
PS: I started a Bible study some time ago -and I need to get back to it – and this page explained a lot of things about these Scripture passages. You gotta go pretty far down to get to the explanations of the cups of wine and the washing of feet.
Harper is rubbing off on me.
After church at noon, I ate BBQ at Bellville Meat Mkt, came home, slept from 2-5.
Watched the news for an hour, and then slept from 6-10pm.
I’m hungry for a very late supper now.
Discount Tire
Our stores will be closed from noon to 3 pm tomorrow to allow our team members to observe Good Friday.
Some things are a significant tell, as in a poker game, and this one is pretty amazing. The player is the American public and the “tell” is not what they are doing, but what they refuse to do. REMEMBER THIS: “Books about Barack Obama and Donald Trump — whether they were filled with praise or venom — sold like crazy.… Read more »
I had a double plus fun couple of days. I enjoyed my triennial age-appropriate screening/checkup. It’s a real hoot.
I’m off to Holy Thursday mass, Adoration to follow. If I don’t check in later tonight, I’ll see y’all tomorrow.
I thought that Tunnels to Towers was paying off the mortgage for the slain police officer’s family. Nope – Trump paid it off. T2T paid it off, but Trump made the donation to do it. https://twitter.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1773438105967587538
Good Afternoon Hamsters, Wonderful day today, as I took the info for tax preparation to the accountant late this morning. Preparing it for most of two days was exhausting, double checking everything when it was put together. Kinda thought this must be sorta like protecting classified documents. 🙂 And then we went out for lunch at Olive Garden, one of… Read more »
For only the second or third time in our 35 year marriage, we are actually getting a credit from the IRS. Had us a little worried when we found out SS is taxable after a certain amount, but we are good!
I’ve finished my gardening for today. I think I’m down to the last 2-3 tubs to be set up. I evicted on itty bitty caterpillar that had already done a lot of damage to one of my bean plants. In my garden, I am the law and I can evict whoever/whatever I want. No squatter rights. That ‘pillar is now… Read more »
Mowing done! Just the exercise I needed. Not to mention that the grass was shaggy…
No one at the DNC has any class or integrity or they would recognize how horrible the optics of this are. why would they care about optics when they’re very successfully destroying the country from within along with a lot of help from their groupofCons friends. id have to say the most successful president in U.S. history is the Kenyan… Read more »
Mary Chasten warns about illegal alien Romanian mobsters crossing from Canada. Their main scheme is using a device to steal credit and debit card data at stores like Target and Walmart. Debit card skimmers have long been problematic at gas stations and ATMs. Now a highly organized network of crooks is branching out.“They’ll have people sitting outside a Walmart or… Read more »
So I think I’ll mow my back yard as soon as I finish breakfast. It’s nice outside!
Somebody is spiking Squawk’s humidor with blunts. Maybe Cuba ran out of tobacco and started using pot filler to stretch out the supply.
What happens when two shaped charges are shot at each other? Watch at 2 million frames per second.
The appalling specter of Joe Biden with Barack Obama and Willie Jeff Clinton holding a trashy, glitzy, celebrity filled fundraiser in Manhattan while the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller is holding a wake for him a few miles away is the most clueless thing the Biden administration has done in awhile. Former President Donald Trump will attend the… Read more »
So if you only have sex on your birthday and Christmas does that make you bi-sexual?
Morning,gang. I’m trying to get some clocks and alarms going, but nothing is working so far.Guess it’s a good thing I’m retired!
To the lady at Costco with her son on a leash.
I’m sorry I asked if he was a rescue. Thank you for not siccing him on me.
Did you hear the American National Anthem is being cut down to the just 8 verses?
It’s the Francis Scott Key abridged edition.
Fr. Chris gives a quick and dirty explanation of the Catholic view of this holy week and Easter season.
https://youtu.be/3XHBJfkZ6NU?si=6BbTUuWrF8vhdxwm
Even the Box clan would say this is some sick stuff.
From Texpat’s @8:59 AM
Yes but she doesn’t want us to have guns.
I’ll say that Alabama has a pretty good Secretary of State; Secretary of State Wes Allen’s Response to Statement Issued by the Voter Participation Center. “The response issued by the Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information fails to refute and, in fact, advances our position that these groups are using targeted, partisan tactics. The claim that these groups… Read more »
Don’t ever take a sleeping pill and a laxative at the same time.
But if you do, you will sleep like a baby.
You are welcome
Note to self. ExLax will not unclog gutters.
Nick Kristof is a senior, veteran reporter for the New York Times. HATRED OF ISRAEL MAKES PEOPLE LOSE THEIR RATIONAL FACULTIES: I’ve never thought that Nicholas Kristof is any sort of genius, but this is really embarrassing. Doing some quick math, that would be a line of about 415 miles of 18 wheelers, assuming no space between them. In what… Read more »
Daughter sent me a picture of Isaak’s in Junction Texas and I thought she might be having breakfast there but she texted back that and said that they are packing up the camper up and headed to Junction on the Llano river tomorrow. It’s their anniversary, 14 years! Dayaam! Time flies.
Just when you think things couldn’t get more strange and demented in Oregon… Lots of people have untidy personal lives, but data show that same-sex couples have a higher percentage of issues leading to personal problems (substance abuse, spousal abuse, mental illness, etc.). That’s certainly the case with Oregon’s lesbian governor, Tina Kotek. It recently came to light that Kotek’s… Read more »
I’ve seen a(n?) Antonov many times at Bush, a sight to behold. How many mud pumps could it carry Texpat? Those things are solid iron.
There are no comments on hold in Pending, Spam or Trash.
@ 8:22 Awaiting for approval?
One more reason to like Nick Saban. Nick Saban won seven national championships and nearly 300 football games during a coaching career that spanned a half century.What he didn’t (or couldn’t) do was send his own emails and text messages. Even manageable tasks, like picking up a prescription from the pharmacy, eluded the long-time Alabama and LSU coach, who simply didn’t have… Read more »
I was involved in a project providing mud pumps for a European customer who had chartered an Antonov cargo plane that sat off the runway at IAH. I drove out there just to see it. It was mind-boggling. They were in a hurry to get the equipment to Europe, but it was mid-June and the humidity was running at 85… Read more »
How about that? The nice ladies over at Appalachian Cooks chose my last picture for their header. They pick a member’s picture and post it at the top of their page for a while then change it out. I am humbled. 😉
Gotta’ give it to those Ruskies they do know how to make a plane; The Antonov 225 “Mriya” was the world’s most giant cargo plane that, weighs around 285 tons when empty and is even bigger than the Airbus A380 airliner, the An-124, and the Boeing 747 Freighter. That is a good looking beast I used to see them a… Read more »
This mother should sue the school board and each individual member jointly and severally for abuse of office.
Good morning Super Dave and all the rest of you sleepy heads. I may have mentioned yesterday that my dog, Sarah, chewed through the fiberoptic internet line yesterday; this is the 2nd time she has done such a despicable act. One of the reasons why she does this thing is that the line is not buried deep enough. 1-2″ deep… Read more »
My 7:33 comment; I tired to edit/change my “AM” to “Am” and a red square popped up that said “Duplicate comment detected, it looks like you’ve already said that”.
Graveyard Dead! AM I good or what?
I usually don’t watch Laura Ingraham but I caught her monologue last night and it was pretty good. It was about all the conspiracy theories being thrown around and how it was somewhat understandable since the Government, the media, Democrats, CIA and FBI all lies to us all the time and we find out usually later than sooner so it’s… Read more »
Whut am I doing up? Well Dawg got me up @ 2:30 and I can’t go back to sleep but I’ll give it another shot.
An early, Mornin’ Gang
As recorded in the Gospel of John, after Judas had left the supper, Jesus gave them a New Commandment.
Later today I am scheduled to sing a short solo based on His instruction.
Gethsemane