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Three Poems Easter 2023: Confluence, Crossed, Raid

By Graham Kings Confluence  Confluence of Word and flesh, in Palestine; Confluence of Spirit and our spirits, in our bodies; Confluence of Body and Blood, in bread and wine. Maundy Thursday 2023 Crossed Delight...

Streaming Catholicism: On “Midnight Mass”

Spoiler Warning: This essay discusses key plot points, including the ending, of Midnight Mass. By Daniel Martins One of the ongoing frustrations for people of faith...

Holy Saturday and the “Apocalypse” of Hell

By Hannah Bowman Holy Saturday liturgically commemorates Jesus’s descent into hell, or descent to the dead: an ambiguously interpreted tradition that found its way from...

Tradition for Teens

I wonder what personal attraction draws teenagers to traditional Catholic devotion?

Notes for Next Year’s Easter Vigil

Here's how to breathe fresh life into the Great Vigil of Easter.

Christ’s Harrowing of Hell

The paradox of the Paschal Mystery is that both the silent suffering and the first celebration of Easter are the truth of Holy Saturday.

Turn It Up to Eleven: Holy Week Music from Andrew Peterson

Resurrection Letters by Andrew Peterson seeks to draw the listener into the events at the heart of the Christian faith.

Holy Week is for enchantment

Between Palm Sunday and Easter stands the holiest, the most enchanted, of weeks.

The enemies of the Cross

How have we set ourselves up as enemies of the Cross? In what ways have we avoided the suffering which establishes community?

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