19 February 2026 -- Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Homily
The paschal mystery is a complex reality, which inseparably includes the memorial of Christ's death and His resurrection. His death would have no meaning if it were not an act of obedience and love towards the Father; and the resurrection only has meaning in relation to this death, since it is the Father's response to the loving obedience of His Son. This is why the liturgical texts immediately bring us face to face with this diptych, by making us hear these words of Jesus on the second day of Lent: ‘The Son of Man must suffer many things... he must be put to death and on the third day rise again’.