Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

Holy Week is an invitation to pause, reflect and nourish our spiritual selves. In a secular world, Easter eggs have been on sale since last Christmas. Easter is much more than chocolate and lamb. Holy ...

This Easter, although we rejoice in the empty tomb, don’t forget about the power of the cross. The cross cleanses, redeems, ...

What the crowds on Palm Sunday misunderstood about Jesus then is what many religious people still misunderstand today: Jesus ...

And the people went on shouting, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!” Luke 19:37 ...

The story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is one of the most important moments in the Christian faith. The crowds waved palm branches, shouted “Hosanna,” and welcomed Jesus as the King of Israel.

Mukti Clarence S.J. Holy Week is the most solemn and spiritually intense period in the Christian calendar, marking the final ...

As we approach and prepare to celebrate one of the greatest moments of history – Easter - I try to take time to reflect on all the happenings prior to ...

Self-denial and taking up our cross are like crucifixion. As Jesus carried his cross all the way to calvary, so must we carry ...

On Good Friday, April 18 (weather permitting), at 3 p.m. at the Way of the Cross shrine in New Ulm, the Most Rev. Chad W. Zielinski, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, will lead a public ...

I remember seeing a T-shirt with huge letters on the front of it that read, “The meek shall inherit the earth,” and on the back it said, “But they will NEVER get the ball!” While I was quite impressed ...

Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.