For those of you who might not be familiar, the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary focus on five specific events related to the birth and childhood of Christ, drawn primarily from the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel: The Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) The Visitation (Luke 1:39-56) The Nativity (Luke 2:1-20) The Presentation in the Temple… Continue reading The Passion of Christ in the Joyful Mysteries
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Holy Saturday
We now enter Holy Saturday. Christ is resting in the Tomb on the Sabbath, dead. To the believer, this is unthinkable. Literally. When Christ warned the Apostles that He had to die and rise from the dead, they thought He was using some obscure figure of speech (Mark 9:9-10), or tried to talk Him out… Continue reading Holy Saturday
Happy Good Friday!
Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?He grew up like a sapling before Him, like a shoot from the parched earth; There was in Him no stately bearing to make us look at Him, nor appearance that would attract us to Him. He was spurned… Continue reading Happy Good Friday!
Passion of the Christ to Show at the National Mall
This is incredible: Rally on National Mall in Washington, D.C. to Officially Launch the Campaign to Make Good Friday a National Holiday in the United States On April 22nd, 2011 the Campaign to Commemorate Good Friday as a National Holiday in the United States will officially launch its national campaign on the National Mall in… Continue reading Passion of the Christ to Show at the National Mall
Why We Celebrate Holy Thursday
This is from a post I wrote in 2009: Happy Maundy Thursday, everyone! For those of you who don’t know, Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday. The word “Maundy” comes from the word “command,” referring to Christ’s command for His disciples to serve. Because Good Friday is the anniversary of our Lord’s death on… Continue reading Why We Celebrate Holy Thursday
The Love of Jesus for Judas
Yesterday was “Spy Wednesday,” so named because it recalls Judas’ decision to betray Jesus. Luke 22:1-7 says: Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.… Continue reading The Love of Jesus for Judas
The Eucharist, the Passion of Christ, and Anti-Semitism
I realized after I wrote this that today is not only the middle of Holy Week, but the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Hitler. Given that, today’s post is all the more fitting: I. Whose Fault was the Death of Christ? St. Matthew’s Gospel has a sentence that’s generated quite a bit of controversy.… Continue reading The Eucharist, the Passion of Christ, and Anti-Semitism
Obama on Easter
Excerpted from Obama’s address to the Second Annual Easter Prayer Breakfast: “I wanted to host this breakfast for a simple reason -– because as busy as we are, as many tasks as pile up, during this season, we are reminded that there’s something about the resurrection — something about the resurrection of our savior, Jesus… Continue reading Obama on Easter
Our Barabbas Moments
This past Sunday was Palm Sunday, one of the most beautiful Masses of the year. I’ve mentioned before how amazing the music of Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter is, and didn’t even mention in that earlier post some of the better hymns (like St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s devastating O Sacred Head Surrounded). But the Scriptural readings… Continue reading Our Barabbas Moments
The Power of Prayer and the Agony in the Garden
This past Saturday, I went to the Arlington Diocese’s second annual Men’s Conference. It was great, and one of my favorite priests, Fr. Arne Panula, spoke on the subject of “Building Your Prayer Life.” He gave an incredible example on the power of prayer from Scripture. On the night of Holy Thursday, Jesus is physically… Continue reading The Power of Prayer and the Agony in the Garden