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Beata Passio The vessel of the Church, having navigated the dark and stormy seas of  Lent, prepares today to enter the serene port of the...

Friday of the Sorrowful Mother

The Virgin of Sorrows is the Portress of the Holy Mysteries, the Keeper of the Door of Christ’s Pierced Heart, the Mother of our Joy....

Lectio Divina for Passion Week

Sunday, 6 April— Saturday, 12 April 2014 Preparation 1. Clear your desk. 2. Have on your desk only your Missal, the Holy Bible in one...

Cardinal Piacenza: Holiness in Christ

Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, a Benedictine Oblate, is Major Penitentiary at the Holy See’s Apostolic Penitentiary. He is also President of Aid to the Church in...

A Litany for Passiontide

Litany of the Passion by Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman Blessed Cardinal Newman’s Litany of the Passion reveals the tenderness and compunction of his Christocentric...