The True Meaning of ‘Do This in Memory of Me’
In Holy Week especially, memory isn’t just remembering — it’s participating.
Results from Tag: 'holy saturday'
Holy Saturday: ‘Fear Being Transformed Into Hope’
Dominican Sister Mary Madeline Todd reflects on ‘The Dead Appear in the Temple’ art by James Tissot.
At the Still Point of the Turning World: Living Holy Saturday With Our Lady
COMMENTARY: From Mary we can learn to calmly place ourselves beside the tomb, praying in trust of God and waiting for the Resurrection. She teaches us how to embrace God’s will for us again and again in the stillness of our hearts.
We Were Delivered From Death by Death
The Mystery of Holy Saturday tells us is that God himself marched through the gate of death, releasing us from a state of bondage we were never created to have to endure.
Why Did Christ Descend Into Hell?
St. Thomas Aquinas explains that Christ’s descent to hell fulfilled many purposes.
5 Things to Know About Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on His 95th Birthday
The last time Benedict's birthday fell on Holy Saturday was 1960.
Holy Saturday and the Night That Sets Christian Believers Apart
COMMENTARY: The Easter vigil is a 17-course banquet of the most important lessons God has taught in the history of salvation.
Holy Saturday Fits the Life of Pope Benedict XVI
COMMENTARY: How fitting that the quintessential man of the liturgy should be a child of the Paschal Triduum, the summit of the liturgical year.
Pope Benedict XVI and the ‘German Question’
COMMENTARY: A conflagration may very well engulf the Church within the next year, and there is no fire extinguisher now that Benedict XVI is in retirement.
The Holy Week Shadows of St. Joseph: Holy Saturday
A reflection on St. Joseph by Father Raymond de Souza for your Holy Week contemplations.
