Good Friday 2026
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on…
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on…
Opening Prayer When you speak, Lord, the nothingness beats in life: the dry bones become living persons, the desert flourishes… When I…
Opening PrayerGod our Father, when the hour of Your Son Jesus had come to accept suffering anddeath out of love of…
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he…
Today is Holy Monday and on this day, Jesus visited the Temple in Jerusalem. "Then Jesus entered the temple and drove…
Today is Palm Sunday, which commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9), when palm branches were placed in his…
The Carmelites (who serve the Shrine of Saint Jude) have produced a Palm Sunday reflection: Palm Sunday: Triumph, Palms and Throwing…
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“In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin…
“Every journey begins with a single step.” ― Lao Tzu The new Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dame…
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