Lent is not just one more liturgical season. It is a time of abundant grace for a new conversion, when God is “purifying us by the sacred practice of penance,” as we pray at Mass during Lent. Most ...

I was lifting weights a few weeks ago in a workout that felt a little harder than normal. The next day, I experienced intense lower back pain. I’ve pulled muscles before and figured the injury would ...

‘By dying on the cross, he surrendered himself into the hands of the Father, taking upon himself and in himself, with self-sacrificing love, the physical, moral and spiritual wounds of all humanity.’ ...

Mar. 3—WEBB CITY, Mo. — A recent presentation by a theology professor focused on the scientific and spiritual meaning of the Shroud of Turin at the start of Lent. Many Christians believe the shroud ...

When was the last time you thought about how much Jesus suffered physically – and emotionally – in the days before His crucifixion? In Mark 14 (AMPC), Jesus (the night before He would die for our sins ...

What can you say about suffering that makes it better? If “better” means an end to suffering, let’s be honest: nothing. Suffering, in the sense of adversity, is written into nature. Plants do not ...

Christians around the world observed Good Friday with processions commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. The Holy Week tradition is dedicated to the suffering of Jesus as he carried the cross for his ...