The helplessness of Jesus on the cross: A Holy Week reflection

Days of fear and trembling

Andrea Mantegna, Christ’s Descent into Hell, c. 1470-1475The world is uneasy, though it does not know why. All creation is groaning. Things seem to draw toward some great consummation. But what?“Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” These are days of fear and trembling, and strange fruit ripens on Calvary’s tree.How littl…

The helplessness of Jesus on the cross: A Holy Week reflection

For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and gratuitousness.

What Is Holy Week and Why Does it Matter? - The Sacramento Observer

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black(WIB) – Christian theology embraces Jesus’ death as a ransom that was paid to bring back to God the many who belong to him. Many perceive Jesus as a loving savior, but his acts of resistance are often missed.So during Holy Week, the redeemed pause to reflect — as best they can — on the days leading to Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice. His death brought resurrection, a new life offered to all who believe. But e…

INRI. The term is seen by each of us several times in our lives. No one is paying attention to it. What this acronym really wants to reveal. Four letters that intrigue the world. INRI (Catholic) and INBI (Orthodox) on the cross, a thousand-year secret to discover!

"What is Jesus' descent into hell?" To this question of faith about Jesus' descent into hell posed by a reader, Victor, Father Gauthier de Chaillé, parish priest in Yvelines and head of the Frat de Lourdes, provides an answer. Published on 04/16/2025 at 6:24 PM Zen Reading  Here we are faced with the great mystery of the silence of Holy Saturday. The Catholic faith teaches solemnly, that is, more than in the mode of hypothesis or theological ded…

The Mendener Kreuztracht reminds us of Jesus' path of suffering before Easter. Markus Ellert was there several times as a bearer of the cross.