At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep …
AT THAT TIME, when it was evening on the first day of the week, and the doors of the place where the disciples were gathered were shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said Peace be to you. And when He had said this …
And when the sabbath was past, 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 come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another …
The Easter Vigil is the most holy and solemn celebration of the liturgical year. It begins in the night, when the Church blesses the new fire and the Paschal Candle is lit. This light, breaking the darkness, is carried into the church, while the chant is sung three times: Lumen Christi …
Today the Church stands still before the Cross of her Lord. The altar is stripped, the lamp before the tabernacle extinguished, the Mass is not offered. Everything speaks of mourning. The Bridegroom has been taken from her, and she stands like a widow at the foot of the Cross. She contemplates the sacrifice that is…
With the evening Mass of Holy Thursday begins the Sacred Triduum, the most solemn celebration of the liturgical year. The Church commemorates the Last Supper, at which Our Lord Jesus Christ, before His Passion, instituted the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, established the priesthood of the New Covenant, and gave His disciples the commandment…
1 April 2026 – BELOVED FAITHFUL – The meaning of Easter lies first of all in the great events of the work of redemption and the salvation which Christ made possible for fallen mankind in His death on the Cross, that through the reception of Holy Baptism …
At that time Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, and when He had come to Bethphage at Mount Olivet, He sent two of His disciples, saying to them: Go into the village that lies before you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them and bring them to Me…
25 March – THIS IS THE GREAT DAY on which the eternal Word of the Father unites Himself with human nature in the womb of a Virgin, and God becomes man …
