The Trinity of Truths in “I Thirst!”
In the final, desolate moments of His thirty-three years on earth, Our Lord raised that voice which had once inspired hundreds with the power of divinity in a weak appeal. He pleads: “I thirst!” Throughout…
Tag: Lent & Easter
Easter to Me: A Personal Reflection on the Memories and Meanings of Holy Week
My childhood memories of Holy Week, when Christians the world over commemorate the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, are a kaleidoscope of images and impressions, turning from lighter colors to deepening hues. I…
“Ecce Homo!”: Pontius Pilate as Every Man
In the Passion Narratives of the Four Gospels, the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, is not portrayed as a menacing monster or two-dimensional villain, but as the image of fallen mankind, made of flesh…
The Riddle of Notre Dame
“Hold high the cross, so I may see it through the flames.” – St. Joan Arc, before being burned at the stake. ~ A holocaust of love Burning boldly through the dusk Cruciform, a candle…
An Unofficial Guide to a Tolkien Easter
Easter is almost here; with it comes the chaos of cooking and entertaining family, friends and maybe even some unexpected guests. There’s going to sunrise service, getting out the best china and linens, hiding the…
Pontius Pilate’s Pleynt
My Caesar and my Empire have I served, A diplomatic functionary, true To distant duties, and never unnerved By greedy Greek or perfidious Jew. Outside the arca archa have I thought, Festooned my desk and…
Thoughts on Lent and Letting Go
Before we begin let me confess I gave up nothing for Lent this year; sure there was this vague promise to give up ‘negativity’, but that lasted all of fifteen minutes so… The truth is,…
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 5
The Sanhedrin demanded that the Romans remove the bodies from the cross before the Sabbath. After breaking the legs of the two criminals, they came to Jesus, but realized he was already dead. In what…
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 4
They were going to crucify him. And there wasn’t a thing I could do to stop it. Yet even in my despair, I felt a grim resolve grow in me. No matter what, Jesus would…
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved: Chapter 3
The Sanhedrin couldn’t risk entering Pilate the Gentile’s praetorium and becoming defiled on the Passover weekend, so as the sun rose over Jerusalem, they congregated outside the front gate, the first layer of a densely…