Good Friday Meditation
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Friday, April 06, 2012
Diego Velázquez’s crucifixion accompanied by Allegri’s setting of Psalm 50, Miserere Mei.
No Ordinary Week
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Friday, March 30, 2012
Friday, March 30
“And many there began to believe in Him”
This Sunday is Palm Sunday, the beginning of the high holy days of Christianity. It begins Holy Week. This is a week when we want our minds and hearts to be with Jesus. Of course, the Sacred Triduum is the most important part of the week, leading to Easter Sunday: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Holy Thursday is the night Jesus... READ MORE
Watching To Do Good
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, April 21, 2011
At yesterday’s audience, the Holy Father offered some advice about how to live the next three days.
He offers a brief explanation of the various rites and their origins.
Explaining the genesis of adoration at the altar of repose which will take place this evening, the Pope recounts Christ’s withdrawal into Gethsemane after the Last Supper:
Conscious of his imminent death on the cross, he felt great... READ MORE
When You Can't Go
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
I’m enjoying reading the answers to Rachel’s question about your favorite Holy Week observances. But it is also making me a little wistful.
When I was a kid the Triduum seemed like an interminable parade of long, boring services. As an adult I’ve learned to love the sorrow and glory of this week’s liturgies, and I look forward to them every year.
This year I will be missing out. After a serious chat... READ MORE
Holy Week Observances
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
As we enter into the observances for Holy Week, I’m wondering what you look forward to most? There are so many facets to the Easter Triduum!
As for me, I think what I love most each year is the Cross Walk we have in our neighborhood. It’s very powerful for me to wander the two-mile loop, walking quietly with friends and neighbors and reflecting on the Passion of our Lord.
What about you?
Holy Thursday Reflection
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Some thoughts on the meaning of service and the Eucharist from Cardinal Justin Rigali, the Archbishop of Philadelphia:
Holy Days Ahead
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, April 01, 2010
In observance of the Triduum, things will be a bit more quiet and reflective here for the next few days. The bloggers have these days off and we won’t be posting our usual Coffee Talk discussions, Small Successes posts, or podcasts until after Easter.
Blessings to you and your family for a holy and fruitful Easter Triduum!
Holy Week Traditions
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Friday, March 26, 2010
I don’t have a great attention span, and it’s a struggle for me to stay focused during the long haul of Lent. So I love Holy Week, because it gives me a chance to make that last push before we celebrate the Resurrection really count.
For a while I’ve had a tradition to make an extra sacrifice during the week leading up to the Triduum.
One crazy Holy Week during my college years I gave up eating everything... READ MORE
‘Thy Will Be Done’
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Thursday, April 09, 2009
The Agony in the Garden has always been a powerful meditation for me.
“Not my will but thine be done.” The call of the Christian life is to make those words our own. It is a call to unite ourselves to Christ weeping in the garden and to realize that surrendering our will to our Father’s is not merely a good idea, but absolutely crucial.
Throughout the struggles in my life I have worked to achieve... READ MORE
Triduum Juggling
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Celebrating the Triduum is a lot easier when you don’t have children yet.
I remember the days when I could concentrate through Mass on Thursday, the Good Friday service, and the entire Easter Vigil, and use the time in between liturgies to read the scriptures and pray and meditate.
I love having children, but I do sometimes think wistfully of the simplicity of those days.
Bryan and I have had several... READ MORE
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