THE LITURGICAL MEANING OF PASSION SUNDAY "Nothing better to grasp the spirit of the Church than to turn to the liturgical texts. " This is most true of Passiontide and Holy Week—a few points of interest. As the Church enters the period of mourning the divine Bridegroom, she puts on the widow's garments. The […]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We invite you to join us as we remember the week before and the day our Lord and Savior was taken to the Cross for His redemption of the world. Holy Week and Tenebrae are ancient remembrances of Christ's passion, which we will undertake more compellingly. Tenebrae ON Good […]
Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week; celebrated one week before Easter Day. It marks the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, an event that is recorded in all four Gospels. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, while the crowds waved palm branches and shouted "Hosanna!" (an exclamation of praise) […]
The Way of the Cross describes the 14 step Anglican Catholic devotion that commemorates Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man.
Stations of the Cross, a series of 14 pictures or carvings portraying events in the Passion of Christ, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment.