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Daily Catholic Quote—for Holy Saturday
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:01 pm “Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great stillness because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has...
Encountering the Word — 1 Peter 2:24
Integrated Catholic Life - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” (1...
For the Apostles, it had all gone to hell
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm Death plays its games, and we’ll hurt, oh, we'll suffer. But ...They had a great time, as far as we can tell. They were the best friends of a new star, a guy who had gotten mobbed...
Where did Jesus go on Holy Saturday?
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm As silence covers the earth, Jesus is busy behind the scenesAfter Jesus died on the cross, what happened next? We all know that Jesus rose on the third day, but what happened in...
How did a stone seal Jesus’ tomb?
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm If you have a mental picture of a large disk rolling away, think again.When you imagine the stone that was rolled away from the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, what do...
Art beyond the Gospels: The Harrowing of Hell
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm The Descensus Christi ad Inferos, as known by the Tradition and represented in art.In Christian theology, the Harrowing of Hell (also often referred to, even today, as the...
Salubong: An Easter morning Mother-and-Child reunion
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm Scripture may be silent about the first thing Jesus did after the resurrection, but Filipino Catholics know he went to see his Mom, of course!The Scriptures are mostly silent...
Forgiven, a poem by A.J. Clishem
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm Forgiven Let go I know the weight you bear The secrets you dare not share The blame and shame you hold For sins that yet remain untold Let go Let me I came to heal you of your...
Pinterest creates a ‘Shazam’ for style lovers
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 11:00 pm Pop those champagne corks, ladies … this is the Pinterest feature you were waiting for!We all know that Pinterest can become a real addiction. Have you ever said that you’ll just...
The power of delicacy: All Sons And Daughters’ ‘Rest in You’
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 6:00 pm Classic string arrangements meet Tennessee slides.When asked what real country music was, Harlan Howard replied “country music is nothing but three chords and the truth.” In this...
The Way of the Cross led by the Pope: shame for violence and shipwrecks
Vatican Insider - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm Shame for the "destruction" caused by conflicts, the "shipwreck" of immigrants, persecution for the color of the skin color or religious affiliation, but also for all the times...
Pope Francis reflects on sin, Christ's mercy at Stations of the Cross
Catholic News Agency - General - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:53 pm Rome, Italy, Apr 14, 2017 / 04:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum on Good Friday, asking Christ’s forgiveness for the...
Papal Preacher’s Good Friday homily: The Cross, the Only Hope of the World
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:31 pm Capuchin priest, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, preaches Good Friday homily to Pope Francis VATICAN CITY — This evening in Rome, Pope Francis celebrated the Good Friday liturgy of the...
Basking in the Glow of the Son: Easter Day
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Before the Cross, Today's "Shame" and "Hope"
Whispers in the Loggia - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:04 pm Despite the great ongoing interest in the Pope's traveling Holy Thursday Mass, for Francis himself, the most emotional moment of the year is instead tonight – the Good Friday Via...
Is the Tarot ‘Cool’?
Regina Magazine - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:00 pm Today, interest in the occult is on the rise as toy companies making significant profits push these toys online and in big box stores, mostly to a public wholly unaware of the...
The mysterious origins of popular Easter symbols
Aleteia - Apr 14, 2017 at 5:00 pm Eggs, rabbits, chicks, and more ... what do these Easter icons really stand for?At Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, which is shown in the triumph of light over...
Catholic Church Houses the Homeless for 500 Years
Regina Magazine - Apr 14, 2017 at 4:58 pm By Evan Wing Most people today have no idea that the Catholic Church was the first Western institution to provide hospitals and housing for the poor.(For an example of a...
A Complete Course in Biblical Theology: Readings for the Vigil
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Dominican Friars Restoring Beauty in the Church’s Liturgy
Regina Magazine - Apr 14, 2017 at 4:55 pm By Kareem O’Brian Nelson Photos By: Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P., The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny & Diane Yaun Since the early foundation of the Dominican Order in 1216, the friars...
