The sixth word from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.

Harry Cluff on the debts owed by Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams & Rainer Maria Rilke to the painter.

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Only months after Jo-Ann Iannotti entered a Dominican convent in her native New Jersey, the first Catholic president of the ...

The raising of Lazarus, Jesus’ greatest miracle, is the subject of Jesuit priest James Martin’s 2023 book “Come Forth.” As a child, Martin watched Franco Zeffirelli’s miniseries “Jesus of ...

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain.

The process of navigating grief is not black and white. Through Wendy Okeke’s delicious use of language, metaphors and vivid ...

The liturgy of Palm Sunday is dissonant, almost schizophrenic. It begins with jubilant rejoicing only to end in bitter ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

In the latter of those poems, the speaker takes on a bemused Biblical tone, wondering like Mary and Joseph just who might be in their midst: "The little god has grown, a little godno longer.

And make no mistake! The meal is all about his death. He made it so. This supper is remembered because it took place the ...

Replete with paintings, stories, poems ... Father, Martin quotes esteemed theologian Karl Rahner, consists of three elements: honesty, trust and acceptance. Trust means that even if we do not feel ...