Holy Week: Reflections on thought-provoking mystery

by Joseph Nangle, OFMPax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace One cannot fully comprehend all that we will remember and celebrate this coming week. In theological and practical terms it is a total mystery. Here then are some “thoughts around the edges” of our High Holy Days, in the hope that they might shed a little … Continue reading Holy Week: Reflections on thought-provoking mystery

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No Easter without Good Friday

by Joseph Nangle, OFMPax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Even when he was president, Jimmy Carter was known for conducting Sunday school classes in local Washington churches. A person who had attended one of the president’s sessions reported that at one of these he posed this question: what was the distinctive feature of Our Lord … Continue reading No Easter without Good Friday