Sherrie Norris Lovin’ Spoonful Cooking Column: Holy Week Leading Us To Easter

Easter is a holiday with a changing date and therefore, neither is the Week of Passion, a fixed one. But the only thing that remains constant is that in the Holy Week before Easter, or even near this holy holiday, there is always a Full Moon.These natural phenomena are not exactly accidental, and the appearance of the Full Moon near Holy Week is the result of an ancient calculation that combines Christian tradition with the rhythm of the Jewish …

In times of recollection such as Holy Week, when the calendar offers us a pause—to believe, to contemplate, to simply breathe slower—I wonder: How does the inner world dwell? What sense does spirituality have today, beyond rituals? In what way does spirituality speak to us of a way of living? This meditation is an invitation to think of a form of incarnate spirituality, which I would call sweetness. A way of living from the inside out, with sere…

The Holy Week period begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday. For Christians, it is a time of celebrations and reflections on the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, marked by prayer and spiritual renewal. The most important dates in this cycle include Holy Thursday, which commemorates the Last Supper, Passion Friday, which celebrates the crucifixion, and Hallelujah Saturday, which precedes the Feast of the Resurrection on …

Sherrie Norris Lovin’ Spoonful Cooking Column: Holy Week Leading Us To Easter

April 15, 2025 We are in the midst of Holy Week, leading up  to Easter, which, for Christians around the world, is the most significant day of our faith. Preparing our hearts and minds began several weeks ago, and while I have failed miserably during this season of Lent, I am looking forward to a time of renewal with Easter season reminding me of important truths. Between now and the weekend, there will be numerous events to help us commemorate …

According to various experts the first rules for the celebration of the “Christian Pascua” were defined during the First Council of Nicaea in 325, with the aim of solving the confusion between the visions of the Church of Rome and the Church of Alexandria, establishing that Easter is always to be celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon of the Northern Spring. So last April 13th was held on the Sunday of bouquets event that marks the b…

A Reflection for the Holiest Week - Catholic Insight

We are in the middle of Holy Week, the central week of our Christian faith, the Week of weeks. Pope Benedict, in his catechesis on the Holy Triduum of Easter, on Wednesday, 8 April 2009, gave us a convincing reason why this is so: Holy Week which for Christians is the most important week of the year, gives us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the central events of the Redemption, to relive the Paschal Mystery, the great Mystery of faith.  …