In the Garden
In the garden, His Face was unseen, for the eyes of His friends had grown heavy with sleep, and there was none to meet the...
A Good Friday Martyr
On 21 November 1951, in Kiev, Father Ivan Ziatyk, C.SS.R. was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for “cooperating with anti-Soviet nationalistic organization and anti-Soviet propaganda”....
Maundy Thursday Night in Rome
The Most Blessed Sacrament was carried in procession through the basilica to the haunting strains of the Pange lingua. The chapel of reposition — the...
Mother of God, Portress of the Holy Mysteries
Wednesday of Holy Week Isaiah 50:4-9 Psalm 68: 8-10, 21bcd-22, 31 & 33-34 (R. 14C & b) Matthew 26:14-25 At Saint Mary Major Today’s Roman...
The Eucharist: Salvation, Life, and Resurrection
Tuesday of Holy Week Isaiah 49:1–6 Psalm 34:13, 1–2 John 13:21–33, 36–38 Go and Prepare the Passover for Us Sunday’s solemn chant of the Passion...
Spes Mea
Monday of Holy Week Isaiah 42:1-7 Psalm 26:1, 2, 3, 13-14 (R. v. 1a) John12:1-11 But After I Shall Be Risen The bright eighth mode...
Benedict XVI: The Face of God and the Cross of Christ
Yesterday, in his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Benedict XVI returned to what has become a leitmotif in his preaching: the Face of God. The Holy...
Into the Harbour of the Sacred Passion
A Word Out of Silence The chant of the Passion plunges us into silence. The Word has been silenced. Only a fool would dare to...