A forebear of mine, a Catholic priest called Richard Torkington, was made the Rector of the local Parish by the Lord of the Manor, a
Jesus is Placed in the Sepulcher Even though his body is dead, his history is alive, taunting and perhaps prophetically speaking, haunting. As I stand
After the meeting with Mary, the next few stations show us God’s interactive love with a number of His beings – Simon, Veronica, and the
My journey into mediation began by praying the Stations of the Cross. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains what Catholic meditation is: Meditation is
At first, I was angry; the Church doors were closed with a notice that read: “CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.” This was hard for me to
My meditation on St. Veronica has been ongoing for years now. This Lent, as I sat in the church of St. Veronica praying the Stations
Thinking back on my life, reflecting on my past, I feel a deep sense of remorse, especially at this time of the year. I regret
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Revelation 8:1) There is a deep need within
I once heard a rather wry joke that said that Christians are optimists because the worst thing that could possibly happen has actually already happened,
We cannot possibly truly imagine what Jesus Christ went through during His Passion and Death. Suffering the horrible, excruciating, ignominious scourging and crucifixion, carrying the
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.
