Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
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Today makes no sense without Holy Thursday and Easter makes no sense without Holy Thursday and Good Friday.  These three days encapsulate the core message of Christianity.  Each day builds on the previous and develops the theme.  It all started yesterday, Holy Thursday, and the message for us was summed up by Christ after he washed the feet of his disciples.  “Do you realize what I have done for you?  You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.  If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.  I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” 

As I have done for you, you should also do.  That’s it; that’s the message, that’s our story.  Sometimes we make Christianity very complicated and involved, and it isn’t.  Jesus said, “Love God and love your neighbor.”  How?  By washing feet, serving others, being “other-centered” rather than “me-centered.”  If we want a good examination of conscience we only have to ask ourselves did I serve others today?

Our story continues today and we find out that there is a cost to serving others.  Christ paid the ultimate price for loving others.  Someone once said if we want to be a Christian, to truly do as Christ did, we need to be sure we look good on wood.  Being a Christian ultimately leads us to crosses. The question for us is where is our sharing in the passion of Christ? 

I don’t know the answer to that.  Each one of us is a unique authority on our own Calvary.  Each one of us has our own unique cross to bear.  What do we usually avoid?  And whom?  What keeps us from being a saintWho matters most in our life?  How do we handle illness, from a common cold to a diagnosis of cancer or Alzheimer’s – for ourselves or our loved ones?  In whom do we see Christ?  Only in those we like and who like us?  To whom do we give bread and drink?  To the hungry and thirsty, or to the well-fed and well-off?  When did we last welcome a stranger or give clothes to the naked?  Who are the sick, of mind, body or soul that we visit? 

Today prepares us for tomorrow, the resurrection.  What the Triduum urges us to do is to live out our Christian commitment, to live day after day the dying and rising that Holy Week symbolizes.  The dying and rising that a life of service involves.  The journey up this aisle to the cross represents our Christian journey.  We can’t get to the joy of Easter without first embracing our cross. 

We have to die a little each day in service to others in order to rise again.

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Mass Times

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday   9:00 am
Wednesday   4:00 pm
First Saturday   9:00 am
Saturday    5:00 pm 
Sunday   8:00 am
10:00 am
Holy Day Vigil (with obligation) As announced
Holy Day (with or without obligation)   9:00 am


Confession Schedule
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8:40 to 8:55 am
Wednesday 3:30 to 3:50 pm
Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 pm
By Appointment Call Pastor