"On the surface, one's familiarity with the events of Christ's Passion, Death, and Resurrection can slowly compromise their power to captivate. I mean, did your mind happen to wander a bit during the lengthy proclamation of the Lord's Passion on Palm Sunday? Or when it was proclaimed again on Good Friday? Did the marvellous account contained in the Easter Sunday Gospel - that one we've heard so many times before - totally register with us?
"Even if the Triduum moved our spirit deeply (praise God), will the sentiment persist for the entire duration of the Easter season? (It is a fifty-day liturgical season, you know.) Let's talk again on the Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter and see how it's going. Sooner or later, to some degree, we all have to try to stifle what might be called the Alleluia yawn - the settling of the extraordinary back into the ordinary."
In a recent commentary, Brother Jordan Zajac, O.P., reflected on the"Alleluia yawn" and our human frailty vis-à-vis the eternal Alleluia the sung by the saints in Heaven.
To access Br. Jordan's complete post, please visit:
Dominicana: The Alleluia Yawn (17 APR 17)
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