It is a well-worn and familiar path we travel these next three days.
From the Upper Room to the Mount of Olives to Annas's house to the Praetorium to Herod's residence back to the Praetorium to Calvary to Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.
Is it too familiar, however?
The Church's annual retreat is over. Lent is a time to shake us from our lethargy. It is supposed to be spiritual preparation for Catholicism's High Holy Days--the Sacred Triduum, where we commemorate the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and all that entails and His instituting the Sacraments of the Eucharist, Holy Orders, and Penance.
Are we indifferent to receiving these gifts? Especially our salvation? Remember, lukewarmness is not a desirable trait.
Of all the times the liturgy draws us into the Trinitarian Life, the rites and rituals we celebrate from now until Sunday have the most significance. This is the source and summit of our "source and summit". This is when it all begins in earnest.
Are you earnest?
Do partake in as many as you are able.
"Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded...."
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