A Catholic Guide to Holy Week Symbols
My twin brother and I were 7 years old and at Mass with our parents during Holy Week when we noticed purple veils draped over…
Cross
A Task of Love: Carrying the Cross
The experience of carrying the processional cross at a recent funeral for one of the sisters in my religious community was a powerful one for…
Holy Week? Maybe, Maybe Not
To the unaccustomed eye, the Christian way of describing the events of Holy Week might seem paradoxical, even backwards. The days Jesus eats his final meal…
Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?
Jesus’ own words “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” might lead us to think this is so, but the truth expressed here…
