The reading for today begins the story of Jesus’ passion. After Jesus’ perfect life, after three years of teaching throughout Israel, and after imparting Holy Communion upon His disciples, the time had finally come for Jesus to fulfill the mission He had been sent to Earth to fulfill, the redemption of sinful mankind.

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Tonight, as I write this weblog, tens of millions of Americans, joined by millions more people around the world, are firmly seated in front of their televisions watching the much vaunted finale of ‘American Idol’. I know this only because every major mainstream news website has been blaring that fact as a headline for the past two or three days, and that phenomenon made me think.