Just in case . . . WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK This day marks the actual beginning of the events, that reached their culmination in the Crucifixion: the Sanhedrin’s conspiracy and their contract with Judas, on account of which the day sometimes is called Spy Wednesday. On this and the two succeeding days the ancient Church […]
Just in case . . . TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK The Introit. “God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Him is salvation, life, and resurrection from the dead. By Him we are redeemed and set at liberty. God be merciful unto us and bless us, and […]
Just in case . . . MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK The Introit. “Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute […]
And at the end of it all we take our palms home, and reverently place them behind our crucifix; and we would do well to use the palms of all the members of our family, placing them in the living room, the kitchen, the bedrooms, the garden – in any place where we pass our […]
Volume 2:290 Now we enter the holiest part of Lent. The Church has prepared us step by step for this sacred experience. A steady crescendo in the liturgy has been taking place since Septuagesima Sunday. Each week the sound rose higher, and louder. Although Mother Church often spoke about the Cross and the resurrection, she […]