Readings (Year B): For the Palm Procession: Mark 11:1-10 (or John 12:12-16). Mass Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47. We begin Holy Week ...

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

It’s a Homewood tradition that dates back more than 30 years, but it’s part of a larger tradition that dates back 2,000 years. The annual “Way of the Cross” procession on Oxmoor Road in Homewood on ...

‘By dying on the cross, he surrendered himself into the hands of the Father, taking upon himself and in himself, with self-sacrificing love, the physical, moral and spiritual wounds of all humanity.’ ...

When was the last time you thought about how much Jesus suffered physically – and emotionally – in the days before His crucifixion? In Mark 14 (AMPC), Jesus (the night before He would die for our sins ...

Catholic faithful in Kensington marked Good Friday on April 18 with a “Stations of the Cross” procession, symbolizing Jesus’ journey as he carried the cross before his crucifixion and resurrection on ...

The cross is a book, St. Francis of Assisi reportedly said. In seven provocative, incisive essays, M. Shawn Copeland “reads” the book of the cross across centuries of African American experience and ...

McElroy is a cardinal in the Catholic Church and head of the San Diego Diocese and lives in Linda Vista. Brown Snook is bishop of the Episcopal Church of San Diego and lives in San Diego. Nagler is ...

Pope Francis leaves the parish of Serafina at the end of a meeting with represenatitves of some aid and charity centers ahead of Sunday’s 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

A Christian life should be filled with amazement — astonishment at the son of God suffering and dying for humanity and awe at realizing how precious and loved people are in his eyes, Pope Francis said ...