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.

New Ulm is known for its German landmarks: the Glockenspiel, the Schell Brewery, the statue of Hermann the German. One of these landmarks — the Loretto Park Way of the Cross — is a sign of the deep ...

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) ...

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 ...

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.

As you consider the “greater love” of Jesus Christ during Holy Week, you can include the wisdom and reflections of President Jeffrey R. Holland in your Easter gospel study.

Jesus meets his mother on the way of the cross during one of tradiional street plays held across the Philippines during Holy Week. This age-old practice has become a powerful expression of ...

Thousands of followers of Jesus Christ partook in the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine of Christ’s Passion in St. John on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune) ...

To celebrate the 25 years of Facets of Faith, I am occasionally running updates of older columns this year. This week’s piece originally ran Sept. 14, 2018.

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.

Meskel means cross in Amharic. The holy day celebrates the discovery of a piece of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, said to have been discovered by St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine ...