Note: A longer version of the post below appears at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. Estimates are that around 50,000 people lived in Jerusalem in Jesus’ time. But the number in town swelled by more than double, perhaps by five times, for holidays such as Passover. One might imagine the city fairly bursting… Continue reading While Your Temple Still Survives…
Tag: Good Friday
Returning Catholics FAQs: Holy Days of Obligation
On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholics FAQs: Holy Days of Obligation
“It Is Finished”
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. And so he died, for the most part abandoned by his friends and the adoring throngs who had accompanied him much of the past three years. That’s what happens when… Continue reading “It Is Finished”
The Blessed Virgin: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections
I chose to talk about the Blessed Virgin today, because it is the image of her on Good Friday that most resonates with me. We know Mary pondered so many things in her heart throughout her life, so many things that were amazing or shocking or incomprehensible. But when her son most needed her, on his… Continue reading The Blessed Virgin: 2014 Daily Lenten Reflections