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Archive: April 2010

The Lord’s descent into the underworld

From an ancient homily for Holy Saturday Something strange is happening � there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God...

The Passion of Christ Illustrated by James J. Tissot

In looking for pictures to illustrate my previous post I stumbled across this site that has links to Tissot’s paintings of the life of Christ. All the links are nicely organized into a narrative of the passion. In some ways this is nicer than...

I Want to Burden My Loved Ones

Perfect for this Holy Week, an article that highlights the sacrificial nature of love. My sister recently drew my attention to this article in First Things, a beautiful reflection by Gilbert Meilaender about end of life issues and what it means to...

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