3 Ways to Get Ready for Easter in Just 3 Days 1


With the great weather we’ve been having this spring, maybe you are already looking forward to a long deserved getaway: a long drive through the countryside, visiting Grandma, a big home-cooked meal, maybe even biting the ears of a big chocolate rabbit or two.

But are you ready for Easter? More…

Remembrance and Thanksgiving Reply

Do this in remembrance of me!

Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ. (1 Cor. 10:16) More…

Why Do We Call It Spy Wednesday? 1

When I hear the words Spy Wednesday, for some reason it brings back childhood memories, particularly about the time I had to devise a scheme to retrieve a confiscated comic book. More…

The fourth word: “Why have you forsaken me?” Reply

An hour passes. The sun is now covered by clouds, and it suddenly has become very cold. Jesus is undergoing immense suffering. More…

Putting on Christ: Jim Caviezel on The Passion of the Christ Reply

How does an actor play the role of Jesus? Jim Caviezel captures it in the words of St Paul: Putting on Christ.

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The third word: “Behold thy son; behold thy mother.” Reply

The curses and insults have begun to dwindle. The large crowd is no longer interested in watching Jesus die. The show is over. More…

The second word: “This day you will be with me in paradise.” Reply

We have been accompanying Christ during his passion. As if the cruelty of that was not enough, now, suddenly, a new type of scourging begins: More…

The first word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” 2

Father! Forgive Them!

Slowly, with supreme effort, using the nails in his feet as a fulcrum, he lifts himself up.

Why does he make such a painful effort? More…

A Contemplation of the Passion (Part 1) Reply

Behold the Man!

We frantically wend our way through the crowded streets and leave the walls of Jerusalem behind. Word has reached us of what happened the night before: His agony, his betrayal, his false trial; now we hear how this morning he has been scourged, beaten, mocked, and condemned to die by crucifixion. More…