Great Holy Week: Holy Saturday - The Tomb of Christ
On Holy Saturday, the Church focuses our attention on the tomb of the Lord. This day is the most complex ritual day of the year (64), because […]
Great Holy Week: Good Friday - Calvary
On Holy Thursday we followed Jesus into the upper room. Today, on Good Friday (49), we will follow him to Calvary. We will not follow him
Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, was born in France in the year 340. He was a great teacher of high culture and a preaching orator who understood how to imitate hearts.
15:43, 16:8 – Jesus’ burial and resurrection
43 Then came Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also was looking forward to the kingdom of God. He was bold enough to go in to Pilate and asked for a body.
The outpouring of holy light and the testimony of Islamic history to it
Many documents tell of the miracle of the Holy Light in Jerusalem, and a large number of historians and travelers have discussed it, including, but not limited to,
Great Holy Week
The Great and Holy Week, with all its events and meanings, forms a tightly interconnected unit. The first three days remind us of the purpose of the Lenten journey we have taken