We were blessed by the brief reflection below from Fr. Mike Schmitz, and are happy to share it with you today, just ahead of the sacred Triduum.
As we journey into Holy Week, we invite you to:
Take 5 minutes to prayerfully listen to this video reflection by Fr. Mike.
Choose a place or two in Jesus’ journey (e.g., Gethsemane, his arrest, his encounter with Pilate, the scourging at the pillar), and just “stay with Him” there for an extended period of prayer. As you stay with Him, surrender your need for — in Fr. Mike’s words — “solutions, speech, or speed.”
Ask, “Where is Jesus inviting me to stay with Him in my own life?” Choose a place or two (e.g., marriage, work, relationship with a child, a place of pain or woundedness) in which you can stay with Jesus anew, resisting the desire for quick fixes.
In our age of instant gratification, it is increasingly hard to enter into Holy Week at the “pace of grace,” in a way that truly allows us to “watch and pray” with Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. But despite the difficulty, let’s stay with him.
If we generously give Jesus our time, watchfulness, and presence this Holy Week, he will invite us more deeply into his via crucis, his death, the great silence of Holy Saturday, and then the joy of Easter!
Our Heaven in Your Home Letters will return on Apr. 14th. Happy and blessed Easter!
➤ This last-minute Lenten reboot suggests a wonderful way to tie the sacrifice of the Passion to the joy of Easter for your children. (Aleteia)
➤ Celebrate Annunciation through art, family prayer, Angelus devotion, and shared festive traditions together. (Catholic Mom)
➤ Pope calls global summit renewing Church commitment to families, emphasizing pastoral listening, hope, marriage, and spirituality. (Vatican News)
➤ Holy Week preparation invites prayer, reflection, liturgy participation, connecting Christ’s passion with family faith practices. (Catholic Culture)
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➤ Want to experience a Heaven in Your Home Gathering? Bring your family to one of these upcoming Trinity House Community Group gatherings:
- Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria, VA (in addition to 5 gatherings, their Religious Education office offers this for parents of children in their sacrament years, schedule here)
- St. Rita Catholic School in Alexandria, VA (open to their school community)
- St. Philip in Falls Church, VA (English group and Spanish-speaking group here)
- St. Theresa in Ashburn, VA (schedule here)
- St. John the Apostle in Leesburg, VA (schedule here)
- Ss. Philip and James in Baltimore, MD (details here)
- St. Louis School in Clarksville, MD (open to their school community)
- St. Peter on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (schedule here)
- St. Theresa the Little Flower in Summerville, SC (schedule here)
- St. Veronica in Chantilly, VA (schedule here)
“It has been an honor to host the Trinity House Heaven in Your Home Gatherings at our school, and we are huge proponents of this amazing work!”
– Mrs. Malia Busekrus, Principal Saint Rita Catholic School Alexandria, VA
