You don’t need to know any Greek to anticipate the disciples’ shock: their master is acting like a servant, a slave.

On Thursday evening in a familiar reprise of an ancient rite Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison Wis will wash the feet of 12 men all seminarians mdash a re-creation of Jesus rsquo action at the Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples and according to Catholic doctrine formally

In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus utters his agonizing prayer ldquo Abba Father for you all things are possible remove this cup from me yet not what I want but what you want rdquo At this grave moment in the life of Christ when he struggles to discern the will of the Father we are invite

At this morning 39 s White House Easter prayer breakfast President Obama talked of yesterday 39 s shooting incidents in Kansas City this sudden example of the ferocity of anti-Semtitism and the necessity of Americans to be free of fear of such gun violence particulalry in places of worhsip He

Barbara Dorris Outreach Director of SNAP the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests remains skeptical of Pope Francis on the question of episcopal accountability for sex abuse crimes In a response to the pope 39 s apparently off-the-cuff comments in Rome words of contrition taking respons

When I graduated from college and worked in an office for the first time I saw people drinking four five six cups of coffee every day I decided that I never wanted to take up that habit so I avoided coffee altogether Years later when I started teaching an early morning class at Red Cloud India