As Holy Week quickly approaches, I have decided to do something a little different in the coming days with my blog. Instead of telling you what I've been doing, I think that I will take this opportunity to share some reflections on some of the celebrations of Holy Week and some of my favorite hymns from the celebrations. I am hoping to have something to share for Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. I am not exactly sure what form they will take, but I am hoping to post some of my thoughts on the significance of this week, the holiest week of the year. So be on the lookout for those. Hopefully, I will be able to celebrate many of the liturgies with Pope Francis, but the ticket situation is still up in the air. So we will have to wait and see where the Lord wants me to experience the Triduum. Also, we just started Spring Break, so it will be great to just be able to spend Holy Week in a more relaxed state, just being able to focus on prayer and not worrying too much about other commitments.
Know that I do pray for all of you, especially my family and the good people at St. Walter's. I know that it will definitely be strange not being in Roselle for the Triduum, but hopefully I will be able to fully enter into the experience that is Holy Week in Rome. Please continue to pray for me and all of the Bernardi house. The Lord has truly blessed us this semester and has done a lot of good things within all of us thus far, and I cannot wait to see what He will do in the second half of the semester.
Our Lady of Sorrows - Pray for us!
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| After the Pope's Installation Mass, Max Behna and I found a legendary hot dog stand here in Rome. It's no Portillo's, but it will suffice. |
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| Ryan with Illinois students (and 2 of my good friends!) Brian Geary and Rachel Holmes in St. Peter's Piazza! |
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