Easter Sunday – A Message from Pope Benedict XVI
The Empty Tomb, Mikhail Nesterov, 1889 Translation of the Gospel According to Mark At that time, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the [...]
Good Friday in Three Parts (from 2023)
For Our Sins There is nothing particularly necessary about the maltreatment that Jesus suffers as part of His Passion. None of the animal sacrificial victims of the Old Law were abused prior to their sacrifice, and their slaughter was as humane as a sacrifice could be. Even the goat of Yom Kippur, upon which the sins of the Nation were placed, was simply let free. The abuse that Christ suffered prior to His death is [...]
A Hymn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for Good Friday
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St. John of the Cross’ “Living Flame of Love”: Part IV — A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
St. John of the Cross, Francisco de Zurbarán (attrib.), 1656 […]