HOLY TUESDAY Reading today's Gospel, I am struck by this verse: So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant. He leaned back against Jesus' chest and said to him, "Master, who is it?" (Jn 13:24-25) Intimacy. Yesterday, Mary "anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair." (Jn 12:3) Intimacy. I don't have many people whose feet I touch or whose chest I lean against; in fact, I can count them on one hand. And yet, Mary and Peter have this level of intimacy w

HOLY MONDAY Holy Week is here. This Lent seems inordinately short, and yet, at the same time, it feels like we've been in "Lent" for a very long time. In Wyoming, the snow is finally beginning to melt, and we've had a few warmer days with sunshine. Those days are usually quickly replaced by another cloudy, snowy day, and we are reminded that Spring isn't quite ready to take hold. In today's Gospel, it is six days before the Passover. Jesus has gone to Bethany to be with his f