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Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus washes the disciples’ feet. He is giving them a visual proclamation of his new commandment: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”

When we accept this commandment, we walk the path of joy. When we internalize this law, we become happy. And so the paradox: happiness is never a function of filling oneself up; it is a wonderful function of giving oneself away.

When the divine grace enters one’s life (and everything we have is the result of divine grace), the task is to contrive a way to make it a gift. In a sense, the divine life—which exists only in gift form—can be “had” only on the fly.

Notice please that we are to love with a properly divine love: “I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.” Radical, radical, radical. Complete, excessive, over-the-top.

Lent Reflections

Daily Lent Reflections from Bishop Barron

Holy Week

Thursday

March 28

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Holy Thursday

Wednesday

March 27

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Tuesday

March 26

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Monday

March 25

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Sunday

March 24

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Palm Sunday

5th week of Lent

Saturday

March 23

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Friday

March 22

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Thursday

March 21

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Wednesday

March 20

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Tuesday

March 19

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St. Joseph

Monday

March 18

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Sunday

March 17

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4th week of Lent

Saturday

March 16

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Friday

March 15

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Thursday

March 14

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Wednesday

March 13

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Tuesday

March 12

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Monday

March 11

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Sunday

March 10

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3rd week of Lent

Saturday

March 9

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Thursday

March 7

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Thursday

March 7

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Wednesday

March 6

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Tuesday

March 5

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Monday

March 4

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Sunday

March 3

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2nd week of Lent

Saturday

March 2

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Friday

March 1

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Thursday

February 29

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Wednesday

February 28

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Tuesday

February 27

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Monday

February 26

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Sunday

February 25

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1st week of Lent

Saturday

February 24

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Friday

February 23

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Thursday

February 22

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Wednesday

February 21

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Tuesday

February 20

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Monday

February 19

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Sunday

February 18

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Week of Ash Wednesday

Saturday

February 17

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Friday

February 16

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Thursday

February 15

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Wednesday

February 14

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