Entries by Karla Basulto

The Resurrection of the Lord

At the vigil and in the morning, the disciples proclaim the Resurrection, saying “We have seen the Lord.” As you contemplate these powerfully true words, ever ancient and ever new, how do they ring true for you, in your life,this year? Where have you seen the Lord? Where have you doubted him, like Thomas, and […]

The Resurrection of the Lord

At the vigil and in the morning, the disciples proclaim the Resurrection, saying “We have seen the Lord.” As you contemplate these powerfully true words, ever ancient and ever new, how do they ring true for you, in your life,this year? Where have you seen the Lord? Where have you doubted him, like Thomas, and […]

Friday of the Pasion of the the Lord

As we listen to the passion narrative amid this challenging Lent in the midst of a world pandemic, let us beattentive to the echo of the Psalmist, who says, “My times are in your hands.” The Prophet Isaiah and Saint Paulassure us in the first and second readings that the Father takes his child’s willingness, […]

Thursday of the Holy Week

In all three readings for this holy day, we are asked to remember by doing something. Our faith is not mereintellectual memory or a set of impersonal truths. It is a faith of living memory, where Christ’s life and memoryare renewed each time we live out of His love. When we eat his body and […]

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Before we rejoice in the resurrection, we pause with the dying. We cry out, “Hosanna in the highest!” as the King whom we longed for rides in on a donkey. He has a crown, yet it is made of thorns. His body is laid in a tomb by those with the courage to stay by […]