Consolation, Desolation, and Hope: Learning From Christ’s Passion
My good friend and Jesuit priest Fr. Kevin Spinale emailed me on Mardi Gras to check in on how I was doing: “Pax. I hope…
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Your Essential Guide to the Triduum
The Triduum (TRIH-du-um) is the time of the Church year when we celebrate the Passion, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This three-day celebration begins…
WATCH: Holy Week in Three Minutes
In a BRAND NEW version of our classic video, Busted Halo explains the significance of the final week we spend preparing for Easter.
Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Fridays?
Catholics are required to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and each Friday in Lent (including Good Friday). Fish is often used as a…
‘I Thirst’: A Good Friday Reflection
Though Good Friday is the most solemn day on the liturgical calendar, for much of my early life it was difficult for me to connect…
A Single Cry: How That Last Moment on the Cross Can Transform Our Prayer
In my prayer life, I am an exhaustor of options. I wish this meant that I spent hours in contemplation, examining my needs and God’s…
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…
Holy Week in Two Minutes
Want to know why Catholics wave palms on Palm Sunday; wash each other’s feet on Holy Thursday; or kiss the cross on Good Friday? Look no further than Busted Halo’s® two-minute video that describes the final week of Lent we spend preparing for Easter.
3 p.m. Worship: The Hour For Giving Christ Our Utmost Attention
One day, on a visit to an old seminary in my diocese, I found myself alone in a chapel which was devoted solely to Eucharistic…
Oh, My God: Maternal Love and the Cross
On March 7, 2008, at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon Theodore Xavier Kim had his first shots … four of them. Now, it should…
