03.31.2026

46°F NW4mph SR0646(0546) SS1928(1828)

Morning Offering given

Village waking

Coffee okay

Birthday greetings to my g’son AJ who is 22 today.

Bl. Joan (Jane) of Toulouse (distinct from Joan, Countess of Toulouse & St Jane Frances de Chantal) showed us that even when we have little to give, we must help those who are less fortunate than we are. Jesus, help me to stretch myself to be more generous to the poor and needy, even when it means I must do without.

Meditations for Each Day, pg. 119, Entertainment and Sport Christianity is the religion of real joy that comes from God

Scripture Reading Day 31 from The Way of the Cross
Rev 1:5-6 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us^* from our sins by his blood,^d 6 who has made us into a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, to him be glory and power forever [and ever]. Amen.^e

Came across this article online (when I find the writer/owner, I will post it). Thought I’d pass the ponder on, it is something I’d never heard of previously.
There’s a strange detail in the Last Supper that most people never notice. Jesus stopped the Passover meal partway through.
And He didn’t finish it until the cross.
The Passover meal traditionally includes four cups of wine, each connected to God’s promises to Israel in the Book of Exodus 6:6–7.
The cups represent:
1️⃣ Sanctification — “I will bring you out.”
2️⃣ Deliverance — “I will rescue you.”
3️⃣ Redemption — “I will redeem you.”
4️⃣ Praise / Completion — “I will take you as My people.”
Now watch what Jesus does.
During the meal He lifts a cup and says:
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood.”
— Gospel of Luke 22:20
Luke specifically says this happened after supper, which corresponds to the third cup — the Cup of Redemption.
Jesus was declaring:
He is the redemption.
But then something strange happens. Jesus says:
“I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”—Gospel of Luke 22:18
He stops before the fourth cup.
The Passover meal is left unfinished.
Later, while hanging on the cross, Jesus is given sour wine.
Then He declares:
“It is finished.”— Gospel of John 19:30
The Passover Lamb had been sacrificed.
Redemption was complete. Jesus giving His life on the cross was the fulfillment of the Passover itself.

Good Morning!
today is my day off
I’m having lunch with a good friend
then off to the library to learn how to make a junk journal
I see them being made online and think they are cute…
Although I have no clue what someone does with one after they have made it.
I’m thinking it would be a fun way to remember a special event or trip
The SUV is in the shop getting new tires and a look over for our trip to Texas
I’d better get a move on lots to do before I have fun

Know you are prayed for.