Each Holy Week, we read aloud the passion of Christ. And each time the story of Christ’s suffering and death rings in our ears, we have another opportunity to find ourselves among his disciples. We, too, have betrayed him, like Judas. At
Scripture tells us that the chief priests and the scribes had been looking for a way to put Jesus to death. Herod tried to kill Jesus when he was just an infant and ordered the massacre of the Holy Innocents. When he
For Msgr. Kieran Harrington, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, the timing of his visit to Ukraine -- Holy Week according to the Julian calendar -- was intentional.
"I thought that it is important at this moment of
In his latest column, Scott Warden shares how his family’s Holy Week did not go as planned. It started with kids coming down with strep throat, infecting much of the family, and ended with an escaped pet snake — just in time
Jesus brings peace to today's shattered world through meekness and not through an "armed peace" that seeks to subjugate others, Pope Francis said.
During his weekly general audience April 13, the pope said that the war in Ukraine, "like every war, represents an
Jesus obeyed the most challenging of commandments: to love one's enemies; and he invites humanity to do the same by breaking a vicious cycle of evil, sorrow and hatred with love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.
"As disciples of Jesus,
In his latest column, OSV contributing editor Russell Shaw looks ahead to Holy Week, writing that this year, the people of Ukraine are sharing in the suffering of Christ. Shaw writes: “Holy Week this year is a time for solidarity with those
On Palm Sunday, as the Church marks the beginning of Holy Week, we will once again hear the Gospel account of Jesus Christ’s passion and death — how he was betrayed by Judas, condemned by the crowd, whipped, mocked, crowned with thorns,
As the Church nears the end of Lent with Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, writer D.D. Emmons explores the history and traditions of Holy Saturday: “The day following the Crucifixion was the Jewish Sabbath, a day given to God, when no
How has your Lent been so far? While you might not have achieved what you set out to do, Lent isn’t necessarily about succeeding; it’s about trying. While you might feel guilty for having broken a particular fast and given into temptation,