Tag: Good Friday
Where do you stand?
Like nothing else in all the world [the Crucifix seems to ask the questions: “Where do you stand?” “Which side do you propose to take from this moment on — My side, or the side of moneyed Judas, cowardly Pilate, crafty Annas, or lustful Herod?” We cannot escape an answer. If on that Cross were… Read More ›
Good Friday
Long the journey was not from Pilates chair of judgment to the place of the skull, the pain endured however beyond human knowing, body torn with lashes, head deeply wounded by sharp thorns, blood pouring into his eyes, face beaten black and blue beyond recognition, the continued jeering mocking, being spit upon, the soul shattering… Read More ›
Good Friday
Long the journey was not from Pilates chair of judgment to the place of the skull, the pain endured however beyond human knowing, body torn with lashes, head deeply wounded by sharp thorns, blood pouring into his eyes, face beaten black and blue beyond recognition, the continued jeering mocking, being spit upon, the soul shattering… Read More ›
Good Friday: Riding Westward
Let man’s soul be a sphere, and then, in this, Th’ intelligence that moves, devotion is; And as the other spheres, by being grown Subject to foreign motion, lose their own, And being by others hurried every day, Scarce in a year their natural form obey; Pleasure or business, so, our souls admit For their… Read More ›
The Gospel enlightens and fulfills the beliefs of other faiths
Note: It has been the policy used on this web site to publish only information that can be verified by official sources. The secular news and the web have widely covered a reported statement by Pope Benedict that society is drifting into a ‘desert of godlessness.’ The following post can be found through Catholic News… Read More ›