A reader asks why artists show that a lance pierced Jesus’ right side when his heart is on the left side. Monsignor Charles Pope delves into Scripture before writing that “while it is true that a significant portion of the heart is
The Seventh Last Word: "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." (Lk 23:46)
The Sixth Last Word: "It is finished." (Jn 19:30)
The Fifth Last Word: "I thirst." (Jn 19:28)
The Fourth Last Word: "[About] three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'" (Mt 27:46)
During the Consecration at Mass the priest says, “do this in remembrance of me.” But, a reader writes: “A friend says this does not literally mean ‘in memory of’ but rather ‘do this as a memorial,’ a continuation of Jesus’s sacrifice. I
The Second Last Word: "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." (Lk 23:43)
A reader writes: “We hear about angels ministering to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. ... The next reference to angels is at the empty tomb, mysterious witnesses to his glorious resurrection. Can we assume that angels were absent during Christ’s passion?”
On Good Friday, parishioners of Corpus Christi Church in Miami will again reflect on Jesus' Passion while processing the streets alongside the sculpture of Cristo de la Misericordia (Christ of Mercy), the only sculpture of its kind in the world.
This life-size and
In this week’s Opening the Word for the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Father Joshua Whitfield writes about the opportunity whispered to us. “Injustice and violence abound, suffering too,” he writes. “But how do we respond to