For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. FIFTH STATION: SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS TO CARRY THE CROSS V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus… Continue reading The Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry the Cross
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The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. FOURTH STATION: JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O… Continue reading The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
The Third Station: Jesus Falls for the First Time
For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. THIRD STATION: JESUS FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore… Continue reading The Third Station: Jesus Falls for the First Time
The Second Station: Jesus Takes Up His Cross
For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. SECOND STATION: JESUS TAKES UP HIS CROSS V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee,… Continue reading The Second Station: Jesus Takes Up His Cross
The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death
For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. FIRST STATION: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee,… Continue reading The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death
What if a Bishop (or the Pope) is Morally Wrong?
What should faithful Catholics do if their bishop (or worse, the pope) started preaching something contrary to the Catholic faith? That’s the question that Rev. Hans, a Lutheran pastor from Kansas City, asked me in response to yesterday’s post: Luther’s 95 Theses What happens if the Pope is not loyal to the gospel? What if a… Continue reading What if a Bishop (or the Pope) is Morally Wrong?
Where Does Lent Come From, and Why Do We Celebrate it?
Where does Lent come from? How quickly did the Church start celebrating Lent? Why is it forty days? Was it always this long? What role have the popes played in fixing the Liturgical calendar for Lent and Easter? Many of the answers to these questions are found, or at least hinted at, in a recent… Continue reading Where Does Lent Come From, and Why Do We Celebrate it?
It Runs in the Dolan Family, I Guess
Capping a whirlwind nine-day trip with a final visit to the Vatican, Timothy Cardinal Dolan introduced his 84-year-old mom to Pope Benedict XVI yesterday — then jokingly asked the pontiff if he could make her “the first lady of the College of Cardinals.” Amid cheers and applause, Dolan walked his mom, Shirley, up to the… Continue reading It Runs in the Dolan Family, I Guess
Does the Pope Believe in the Resurrection?
Hans Multscher, The Resurrection of Christ (1437) That’s the title of an article written by Matthew Vogan, who appears to be an elder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Incredibly, he claims that Benedict denies the historical Resurrection of Christ, and “flatly denies the fundamental biblical truth of the resurrection of the body.” That’s obviously absurd,… Continue reading Does the Pope Believe in the Resurrection?
How Ratzinger Reacted to Becoming Pope Benedict
On Monday, I looked at how various men have reacted to being elected pope. I included popes from Clement XIV (elected in 1769) to John Paul II (1978), but didn’t include Pope Benedict’s reaction. Since then, I heard a great talk on Benedict’s election given by Msgr. Bartholomew Smith, the pastor at St. Bernadette Catholic Church… Continue reading How Ratzinger Reacted to Becoming Pope Benedict