Fr. Anthony Gramlich reflects on one of the deepest mysteries of our faith: how the Passion of Jesus was both the worst and the greatest moment of His earthly life. From a human standpoint, it was agony, humiliation, and death. From a divine standpoint, it was perfect love poured out — the very reason He came into the world. As Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, Jesus is the only person ever born with the mission to die, and to die for us.

Father Anthony reflects on the disarming mercy of John 8:1–11, set in the early hush of morning as Jesus returns to the Temple and sits to teach—until the lesson is interrupted by accusation and spectacle: the scribes and Pharisees drag a woman caught in adultery into the center, turning her into a test case meant to trap both her and Him—“Moses commanded us to stone such.

Father Anthony reflects on the importance of staying humble, giving all praise to God, for our good works in the world.