A strange & troubling dream

Antoni Ciseri’s 1871 “Ecce Homo — Behold the Man”I thought of this famous painting this morning when I read Matthew 27.  Matthew’s Gospel alone mentions Pilate’s wife telling him to have nothing to do with Jesus.  She told her husband of a troubling dream and said, “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man,ContinueContinue reading “A strange & troubling dream”

Thinking early this morning of the Pascha Nostrum…

After a pleasant Easter Sunday, I awoke at 4:50am this morning thinking of the ancient Gregorian chant called the Pascha Nostrum.  Even today it is chanted in some churches early on Easter Sunday.  Here are the words… Alleluia.  Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast, Not with theContinueContinue reading “Thinking early this morning of the Pascha Nostrum…”