This Lent, as in years past, the longtime music director at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Mary Jones Rhodes, has organized a program called “The Seven Last Words”. She has chosen songs for ...

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. During these hours ...

The sixth word Christ utters from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake. “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ...

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass. This year the Sunday liturgies draw from cycle C readings, which ...

In this era of heightened partisanship, the homilist at the Sunday Eucharist is more easily vulnerable to accusations of taking sides, even if preaching basic Christian values. This is inevitable at ...