Good Friday says injustice will not have the last word.” The starting place for Holy Week is Palm Sunday, when Jesus took his triumphal ride into Jerusalem — all while the people proclaimed ...

Two days before Easter, Christians worldwide will observe Good Friday, one of the most somber days of the religion's year. Here's what to know.

Our English word, "mandate," comes from this word as well. Along with the other days of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday has a rich history dating back to the days of the early church. It has held its ...

As Christians, we pray often. But Holy Week teaches us to experience prayer anew — not as isolated words or fixed postures but as living relationship that deepens through every part of life.

The cloth – which hid the altar – was not removed until during the reading of the Passion on the Wednesday in Holy Week – at the words, “the veil of the temple was rent in two.” ...

Holy Week is the most sacred stretch of time in the ... A truth that means love has the last word, that life endures, even after death has done its worst. Resurrection is defiant hope.

As I met with my spiritual director for the last time on the retreat, seemingly still unable to shake the heaviness that had surfaced in my prayer over that week ... send word to Jesus, they ...

The actors sang to the melody of the traditional “pabasa,” a chant narrating the Passion and Death of Jesus during the Holy Week, but with lyrics that fitted their message of appeals for an ...

Francis offered words of encouragement and gifted inmates ... even as cardinals will preside in his place during Holy Week's busy events. On Sunday, Francis wished a "Happy Palm Sunday and Happy ...

In the words of Wikipedia, “Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities (sometimes called Nazarenes ...