Tenebrae: Maundy Thursday
On Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Saturday, the Morning Offices of Matins and Lauds take a slightly different form.
A Mere Symbol?
Holy Thursday. Fr Robert Verrill explains how the Holy Eucharist is the most genuine symbol of all, perfectly signifying that
Wednesday of Holy Week: Surely not I?
Readings: Isaiah 50: 4 – 9; Psalm 69; Matthew 26: 14 - 25 It often surprises both Catholics and non-Catholics alike
Tuesday of Holy Week: Brighton Rock, sin and the point of no return
Poster for the original (and best) film adaptation of Brighton Rock
Palm Sunday: Why have you forsaken me?
Readings: Mt 21:1-11 (Procession Gospel); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 Has it ever bothered you that Jesus on
Hail the King
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Fr Allan White compares the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem with the
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Readings: Ezekiel 37:21-28, John 11:45-56 Christ before Caiaphas.
Easter Services 2014
The timings of services during the Sacred Paschal Triduum at the Priory of the Holy Spirit (Blackfriars, Oxford) are given
St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
I'm sure that English readers know very well St. Thomas Becket, bishop of Canterbury, who engaged in conflict with the
Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent: The true Temple
In today’s Gospel we find Jesus preaching in the Temple. Now not only was the Temple the heart of the