Walk With Jesus During Holy Week. ... READER 2: Simon’s human nature, like ours, balks at the idea of carrying the cross with Christ. But once he starts, it’s hard to stop.

"We have found a holy thing in a chest. It is a piece of a cross, and we think it was [part of the cross on which Jesus was crucified]," lead excavator Professor Gülgün Köro?lu told Hurriyet ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have dug up what they believe to be a piece of Jesus’ cross. The famed 16th-century theologian John Calvin once joked that “if all pieces that could be found were ...

Known as the "place of the skull," Golgotha is said to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Purportedly located just outside ancient Jerusalem's walls, Golgotha is not only the place where ...

BOSTON -- A small piece of wood Roman Catholics believe is a piece of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified is believed stolen from Boston's cathedral. A janitor at the Cathedral of the ...

There, an enterprising Holy Cross senior, Elinor Reilly, recently reported what she had found when she dug into the Biblical commentaries of Tat-Siong Benny Liew, who holds the college’s Class ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Archaeologists working at an ancient church in Turkey believe they have unearthed a piece of the cross used to crucify Jesus. But it could take years of analysis before the ...

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from Me; yet, not my will, but Thine be done." The bitter cup often indicates God's wrath upon sin (Isa. 51; Jer. 25). "During the days of Jesus' life on ...

Atop Mount Athos in Greece, holy men, with fear and reverence in their hearts, gathered last month to pray over what is considered the most precious relic in Christianity: a 2-inch piece of the ...

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis carries the Eucharist in a monstrance during a procession June 19, 2021. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) ...

I propose that a particularly relevant image for our time is the helplessness of Jesus on the cross. The cross was not simply torture, humiliation and shame; it was also total and abject helplessness.

ALL: Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world! The First Station: Pilate Condemns Christ READER 1: “The verdict of Pilate was that their demand should be granted.