Holy Week at Our Lady Of Lebanon Church in Johannesburg
Text by Mark Kisogloo, Images: Fibrestream Covid this year could not stop the zeal of Maronite parishioners at Our Lady Of Lebanon, South of Johannesburg. Mass was...
Category: Good Friday
The Pope’s Good Friday
By Cindy Wooden – As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics...
Pope Leads Via Crucis With Young People In Torch-Lit St Peter’s Square
By Carol Glatz – For the second year in a row, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter’s Square rather than Rome’s Colosseum...
Why Good Friday Matters
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by...
Good Friday: Jesus Suffers With the World
Pope Francis has often urged us to prayerfully meditate before the crucifix. Because by prayerfully meditating before the crucifix, one can see and begin to understand the...
Pope’s Message for the Easter Triduum
Christ’s cross a beacon of hope in stormy seas The commemoration of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection during the Easter triduum brings much-needed hope to a world...
Mass Readings: 28 March – 4 April, 2021
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 28 March, Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20,23-24, Philippians 2:6-11, Mark 14:1-15: 47 or Mark...
Durban Holy Week brings Christians Together Online and in the Real World!
Wear a purple mask over Holy Week as a show of solidarity and compassion for those who have died and are suffering. Denis Hurley Centre in association...
A Passover Journey-through the Seattle Stations
One of my pastimes on a holiday by the sea is to spend a couple of hours beachcombing. Depending on the location, it can be a rewarding...
Friday Abstinence for Vegans?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: What do persons who don’t normally eat meat do about the church’s rules on abstinence, such as on the Fridays during Lent?...
Pope Encourages Catholics To Contemplate ‘Seven Sorrows’ Of Mary
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis asked people to keep a long tradition of Catholic piety by focusing on “the suffering and sorrows of Our Lady.” “Honor...
Way of the Cross: Stabat Mater
What is the Stabat Mater? The “Stabat Mater” (the “Mother was Standing”) is a 13th-century Catholic hymn about Mary’s pain at the foot of her Son’s cross. The...
