Category: Holy Week 2009

Mother of God, Portress of the Holy Mysteries

28 March 2018

Wednesday of Holy Week At Saint Mary Major Today’s Roman Stational Church is the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. We go, in spirit, to this...

Pope Benedict XVI on the Sacred Paschal Triduum

25 March 2018

Nine years ago, in his Wednesday audience on 8 April 2009, Pope Benedict XVI gave an unforgettable introduction to the Sacred Paschal Triduum, a veritable...

Lest We Betray Him With a Kiss

27 March 2013

The Call to Holiness My monastic vocation, as it has developed and matured over the years, is intimately bound up with the lives of my...

Dum pendebat Filius

10 April 2009

Last night He sat with us at table. His Face illumined the Upper Room and there, just above the bread and behind the chalice, beat...

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