Established by St. John Paul II, Divine Mercy Sunday celebrates the merciful love of God entering our world through the Easter mystery. The second Sunday of Easter was proclaimed Divine Mercy Sunday at the Canonization Mass of St. Faustina Kawalska.…
“Do you want to become an expert in humanity? Do you want to see yourself the way God sees you? Do you want to understand those who have hurt you? Do you need to forgive yourself and others?” Josephine Lombardi…
The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ is deeply embedded in both the reality of the material world and the divine. Through Good Friday, we are reminded of the former. Through the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday itself, we recall…
Today, Christians around the world gather to mark Good Friday – a solemn celebration marking Jesus’ passion and death. As we listen to the words of the Gospel, we journey together to the cross, knowing that it changes everything. We…
Michael Higgins, in his newest book Jean Vanier: Logician of the Heart, creates a text that intertwines the factual elements of Jean Vanier’s life with the scripture and morals he acted upon throughout his years as a caregiver, philosopher and…
Passion Sunday has held special meaning for me ever since I participated in the annual procession and Eucharist for this feast celebrated at St. Peter’s Square in Rome back in 2001. Rome knows how to do liturgy, and they do…
To help you celebrate this feast day, we share with the well-known hymn I Bind Unto Myself Today. St. Patrick, pray for us! [youtube ]
As our celebration of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection draw closer, we begin to see in many churches the devotional practice of covering statues and images in purple cloth during the final two weeks of Lent, otherwise known as Passiontide.…
The wisdom of Solomon is so obvious and irrefutable once someone has had the clarity and courage to express it. Clarity grows with the spirit of acceptance and the purifying of the mind. We can’t conceptualize this clarity, any more…
During a time in our culture where the Internet has allowed us to become so isolated from the people around us, the story of Luis Antonio Tagle can be particularly refreshing and eye opening to our worldview. Cindy Wooden paints…