Holy Week in Seville

by John Julius Reel

The Holy Spirit moves in the streets of Seville during Holy Week.  Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2024

Easter, Creation, and Holiness

by George Weigel

Easter faith summons us to think of ourselves as creatures capable of eternal life, and we can experience that life now.     Continue Reading »

27 Mar 2024

A Sumptuous Meal During Lent

by Hans Boersma

The fasting of Lent reminds us to focus on Jesus who will feed his people if they are willing.  Continue Reading »

14 Mar 2024

Lenten Literary Companions

by George Weigel

Having literary companions along the Lenten journey can help us live the traditional practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2024

Reformed Christians and Lent

by R. Scott Clark

Given the rejection of Lent by the early Reformed theologians and all the Reformed churches, why are Reformed Christians now attracted to the Lenten season? Continue Reading »

31 Mar 2023

Anointed with Clay

by Hans Boersma

This is the gospel of Lent: He anointed the eyes of the blind man with clay. Continue Reading »

20 Mar 2023

On the Threshold: Part III

by Patricia Snow

Now it was Lent, and we were just forty days from Easter. Heavy rains and rising temperatures washed the snow away, and on Ash Wednesday, when I drove to the church, the sky was crowded with clouds seemingly blowing on different winds—heavy cumulus clouds, and behind and between them lighter . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2022

Holy Week 2022: A Wartime Meditation

by George Weigel

With Christ, the Ukrainian people, who ask only to be themselves, have walked the bloody path to Calvary, where those who inflict their suffering mock their claims to be who they are.  Continue Reading »

13 Apr 2022

The Meaning of a Kiss

by Hans Boersma

Judas’s kiss was deeply painful, for his kiss was a betrayal, not just of a symbol, not just of a friend, but of the Kiss himself. Judas used a kiss to betray his Kiss. Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2022

Lent, Gianlorenzo Bernini, and the Liberating Lightness of Truth

by George Weigel

As the Church enters Lent 2022, it is well to reflect on and pray over the Catholic understanding that doctrine is light, powerful, and liberating, which some parts of the world Church seem to have forgotten. Continue Reading »

2 Mar 2022