Greetings, everyone. Easter weekend is here and billions of Christians from around the world are taking time to reflect on the death and to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Recently, a friend of ...

With the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Church begins her three most sacred days. From Thursday evening through Sunday evening, the Church observes the Paschal Triduum, marking the Passion, ...

Cambridge, MA. There are many ways to interpret the great and solemn events of Holy Thursday, and preachers around the world take up different themes, ranging from the spiritual to the ecclesial to ...

The washing of feet was a radical act in Jesus’ time. It is no less radical in the modern era, with Pope Francis’ decision to break with the long-standing papal tradition of washing only priests’ feet ...

There are many details worth noting in this familiar account of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper. The first is that it substitutes a profound example of service for the ...

As they prepared for the holy ritual, the churchgoers had all the essential items: latex gloves, nail clippers, chlorine and antibacterial soap. The only things missing were the feet, and soon enough ...

Let the perpetrators hide in fear. Their strategy is to stifle, dismiss and silence criticism. Unlike, the greed and power grabbing, we must offer a human and healing response. Not necessarily quiet, ...