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Holy Week 2026
CMN has published collection of reflections for Holy Week 2026. We pray that these reflections may bolster your prayer through the journey from Christ’s execution to his Resurrection. We encourage you to share these reflections with your parish, ministry, or community.
You can download the collection of reflections below.
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Easter Sunday — Hope for Eternal Life
Easter Sunday — Hope for Eternal Life By Bishop Earl K. Fernandes, Diocese of Columbus | Today’s Readings At “Baby Bishops School”, Pope Francis exhorted us to visit prisons to keep in contact with the harsh realities of life. Taking his words to heart, I offered Mass for those on death row in Ohio. One
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Holy Saturday — Intentional Waiting
Holy Saturday — Intentional Waiting By Sr. Erin Zubal, OSU | Today’s Readings Lent is about waiting, but not passive waiting. It’s active, intentional, hopeful waiting. Waiting can be joyful and hopeful, as well as dreadful and frightening. My community, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, knows all too well the experience of active, intentional waiting. Hope, grace
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Good Friday — Who will you be?
Good Friday — Who will you be? By Emmjolee Mendoza Waters | Today’s Readings I remember enjoying Holy Week as a kid. While the readings were long, I actually looked forward to them, especially waiting for the bolded lines in the missal so I could jump in with everyone else. I got to speak with
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Holy Thursday — The Washing of the Feet
Holy Thursday — The Washing of the Feet By Fr. Andrew Jones | Today’s Readings On the night of the Last Supper Jesus did something his disciples did not expect: he adopted the role of servant to wash their feet. This startling act reveals the essence of the New Covenant: God offers intimate communion to
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Palm Sunday — “Crucify Him!”
Palm Sunday — “Crucify Him!” By Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble | Today’s Readings All four Gospels recount a haunting moment in Jesus’ passion: the crowd’s cry, “Crucify him!” The same voices that once shouted “Hosanna” now demand his death. It’s not just a historical detail; it reveals the indecisive cowardice of the human heart. And
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe — Go to Mary
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe — Go to Mary by Emmjolee Mendoza Waters I am your merciful Mother. The merciful Mother of all of you who live united in this land, and of all mankind, of all those who love me. Here I will hear their weeping, their sorrow, and will remedy, and alleviate
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Easter Sunday — Hope Never Fails
Easter Sunday — Hope Never Fails By Bishop Emeritus Felipe Estévez, Diocese of St. Augustine Christ is Risen, Alleluia! As we celebrate the Lord’s triumph over death, I can’t help but think of the men in my own state of Florida whose lives have recently been taken by capital punishment. I pray that Edward James,
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Holy Saturday — Waiting in Darkness
Holy Saturday — Waiting in Darkness By Sr. Barbara Battista, SP We call this day “Holy Saturday.” We spend this day, between death and resurrection, in quiet remembrance, as a somber vigil at Jesus’ tomb. This is not simply a re-enactment. Holy Saturday invites us to ponder the “tomb time” between Jesus’ death and resurrection.
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Good Friday — The Women at the Foot of the Cross
Good Friday — The Women at the Foot of the Cross By Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy “Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister. Mary, the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdala.” (John 19:25) Today’s Good Friday gospel reading is heavy. We remember the Passion story: Judas, Jesus’ disciple, betrays him.
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Holy Thursday — Becoming Eucharist
Holy Thursday — Becoming Eucharist By Don McCrabb, D.Min. The Eucharist is a restorative practice. It gathers strangers together and forms us into a community. It holds the tender truth of our failings and unleashes the power of our faith in the innate dignity of every human being. The Eucharist restores our humanity and sends