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Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples to go into Jerusalem and prepare a Passover supper.

At the heart of the Passover meal was the eating of a lamb, which had been sacrificed, in remembrance of the lambs of the original Passover, whose blood had been smeared on the doorposts of the Israelites in Egypt. Making his Last Supper a Passover meal, Jesus was signaling the fulfillment of John the Baptist’s prophecy that he, Jesus, would be the Lamb of God and the definitive sacrifice.

This sacrifice is made sacramentally present at every Mass—not for the sake of God, who has no need of it, but for our sake. In the Mass, we participate in the act by which divinity and humanity are reconciled, and we eat the sacrificed body and drink the poured-out blood of the Lamb of God.

Lent Reflections

Daily Lent Reflections from Bishop Barron

Holy Week

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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