This day we call Palm Sunday, or in our odd, ecclesial grammar, "Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion," always gives us too much to take in. It begins with Jesus’ entry into the holy city of Jerusalem ...

Jesus Christ called on the sacred prophesy of Isiah 61 when he took up the scrolls of Scripture and professed that he was truly the anointed of God. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because God has ...

The reading from Acts is set in the upper room, where the disciples are gathered between the ascension and Pentecost. About 120 persons are there (1:15), a symbol for the full number of disciples. In ...

I am a wealthy woman. I don’t have as much as some, but I know that I have far more than I need. Compared with most human beings on this planet and even compared with most Americans, I am rich. This ...

Traditionally, Maundy Thursday has been associated with the institution of two great sacraments which built the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ; namely, the Eucharist and the Ministerial ...

At the general audience Pope Francis highlights the true meaning of a sacrament that "is not a taboo" but "the whole Christian community that tightens, as a single body, with Jesus around sufferers ...