JESUS IS LAID IN THE ARMS OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER.


JESUS IS LAID IN THE ARMS OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER “• Mary stands by the Cross, engulfed in grief. And John is beside her. But it is getting late, and the Jews press for Our Lord to be removed from there. Having obtained from Pilate the permission required by Roman law for the burial of…

JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS


JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS “• On the uppermost part of the Cross the reason for the sentence is written: “Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews” (Jn 19:19). And all who pass by insult him and jeer at him. “If he is the king of Israel, let him come down here and now from…

FIND REFUGE IN JESUS’ MOST LOVING HEART…


FIND REFUGE IN JESUS’ MOST LOVING HEART… From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mt 27:45-46 “There is a false asceticism which…

SIN: A REVIEW (Compendium of the Catechism 391-400).


SIN: A REVIEW (Compendium of the Catechism 391-400) OUTLINE What does the acceptance of God’s mercy require from us? What is sin? Is there a variety of sins? How are sins distinguished according to their gravity? When does one commit a mortal sin? When does one commit a venial sin? How does sin proliferate? What…

POPE FRANCIS’ MEDITATION ON JESUS’ WORDS: “I THIRST”.


POPE FRANCIS’ MEDITATION ON JESUS’ WORDS: “I THIRST”. Dear brethren in Christ, during the Ecumenical Prayer Gathering of Christians in Assisi, Pope Francis appealed to quench Jesus’ thirst which is heard again from “the voice of the suffering, the hidden cry of the little innocent ones to whom the light of this world is denied,…