Easter Sunday — A Message From St. Pope John Paul II
Translation of the Gospel According to Mark Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau, William Bouguereau, cir. 1890 At that time, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone [...]
Holy Saturday: A Reflection
Credo in Iesum Christum qui descendit ad inferos. After Adam’s sin, it is said that Adam’s expulsion from the Temple Garden of God was ever descent; every step forward was a step downward from the heights and away from closeness with God, with whom he had walked in the cool of the day. Downward Adam went, more enmeshed with the toils of the world, more estranged from God, his Creator, his Beloved. Adam, young once [...]