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The Sacred Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. The Mystery of Faith
Posted on 03/30/2024 06:00 AM ()
"Beginning with the Easter Triduum as its source of light, the new age of the Resurrection fills the whole liturgical year with its brilliance. Gradually, on either side of this source, the year is transfigured by the liturgy" (Catechism of the Catholic Church) .
Holy Saturday: 'Make Sure He's Dead'
Posted on 03/30/2024 06:00 AM ()
Just as the Chief Priests and Pharisees gathered with Pilate to plan on keeping the tomb sealed and guarded with Christ inside, many today want to place a stone in the entrance of the Church, to keep him inside again. On Holy Saturday we remember that no matter how hard the world tries to keep Christ hidden, He bursts forth in resurrection glory through His Church.
Holy Saturday: God has Died in the Flesh and Hell Trembles with Fear
Posted on 03/30/2024 06:00 AM ()
Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth
today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence
because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God
has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept
ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and hell trembles
with fear. He has gone to search for our first parent, as for a lost sheep. Greatly
desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in ...