Since the early 1950s there have been five versions of the (Catholic) Good Friday prayers for the Jews. Yet the issues still generate differences of
After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and
TGIF . . . Who has not heard that expression of weekly survival signaling weekend revival? My research indicates that the expression coalesced from the popular celebrations of
I first began to understand certain mystical truths as I prayed at the place where Jesus was crucified on the first Good Friday. I have
It was easier to act like something I wasn’t before having kids. It was easier to convince myself I was something I wasn’t before having
“We are an Easter people, and ‘Alleluia’ is our song!” Saint John Paul II spoke this phrase at least twice: once, during an address at
A few years ago, the BBC news channel presented an interesting documentary regarding Jewish life in the first century. In the course of that documentary,
It has frequently been said that Good Friday is meaningless without Easter Sunday. Certainly this statement is true for, as St. Paul explains, if Christ
“It is finished!” (John 19:30): three of the most wonderful words in all of Scripture. Though we read them and rejoice, I sometimes wonder if
It’s Holy Week. We commemorate civilization being forever changed. Once upon a time, a cross was a medieval weapon of torture, humiliation and oppression.
I thank you Marcus for taking on the onerous task of acting as my secretary, in addition to your regular duties as my aide, in
