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Beloved Mary Magdalene, you hurried to the Lord’s tomb early that morning to mourn Him, and you could not have imagined what would happen to you there. Your heart was filled with sorrow. Your beloved Lord had been taken from you and so cruelly put to death. Who could comfort you then? You stood there […]

“Children, have you any fish?” (John 21, 5) Jesus asked His disciples when He appeared to them for the third time on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. Once again, they did not recognize Him at first, and Jesus chose a way for them to recognize Him easily. After all, they were fishermen whom

“Peace be to you (…). Why are you troubled? (…) it is I myself” (Lk 24:36, 38–39). This is how the Risen Lord addressed His disciples when He appeared among them. They still could not quite believe it and were filled with dread and fear (Lk 24:37). Who was this who spoke to them? Their

NOTE: Throughout Easter Week, the daily meditations will take on a more contemplative tone, to help us delve deeper into the great event of our faith: the Resurrection of the Lord. The “3 Minutes for Abba” will continue as usual (https://en.elijamission.net/category/3-minutes-for-god-the-father/). Just as You foretold, beloved Jesus, it has come to pass. You have truly

Download MP3 Download PDF Mary Magdalene, wanting to show her love for the Lord even in death, runs to the tomb before daybreak. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don’t know where they have put Him” (Jn 20:2) – she exclaims in pain, when she discovers that the stone of the

Download MP3 Download PDF Mourning for the Lord; grief for men, who have not recognised their Redeemer and have crucified Him… Mourning of the Mother for the beloved Son; mourning and bewilderment among the disciples, who say to each other in confusion: “Our own hope had been that He would be the one to set Israel

Download  MP3 Download PDF Judas consummated his betrayal and Jesus is apprehended. This happens after the Lord had accepted in Gethsemane the suffering from the hands of his Father and had given his ‘yes’ to all that was before him. A YES that had to go through anguish and agony; a YES, after having asked

Download MP3 Download PDF “During supper, Jesus got up from table, removed His outer garments and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.” (Jn 13:4-5) What great love is manifested to

Download MP3 Download PDF Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you prepared to give me if I hand Him over to you?’ They paid him thirty silver pieces. (Mt 26:14-15) The betrayal of God in exchange for unjust money… How often this story is repeated! How often people sell themselves at

Download MP3 Download PDF “In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”  (Jn 13:21b) Betrayal! Here the most terrible depths of the human heart are revealed. Betraying a friend, betraying the Master and Lord, betraying love… Apparently, no one but the beloved disciple dared to ask Him who it was