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Jesus’ final words from the Cross — ‘It is finished’ — do not signal an end, but a consummation. Through the Creed and the Cross, we are invited into the mystery that continues through the Church, the sacraments, and the promise of resurrection.
The sixth word Christ utters from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.
The fifth word from the cross points to Christ’s real bodily suffering — and his divine thirst for our salvation — as foretold in Scripture and confessed in the Creed.
The fourth of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reflects the mystery at the heart of the Nicene Creed — a suffering God who prays Psalm 22 and transforms our dereliction into redemption.
The third of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reveals the feminine and maternal dimension of the mystery of salvation.
God From God, Light From Light, True God From True God
You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain.
St. John Paul II, as a young priest, was renowned for telling his penitents, after thoroughly examining the question at hand: “You must choose.” That is suitable for the confessional, not for a papal document.
To certain traditional Catholic ears, the pontiff from Buenos Aires was cause for concern. To more worldly ears, he was cause for rejoicing
The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete.
The Temple needed to be cleansed in the time of Caiaphas. It still does. It always will.
Federal election top of mind at annual Tory conference
Mark Carney's treatment of disgraced MP Paul Chiang a reflection of Liberals' historic coziness with China
A Tory leader at odds with the Conservative premiers of Alberta and Ontario. Liberals bringing in a new face and vying for a fourth mandate. It's all happened before
The politics of humiliation have fallen out of fashion in Canada
Careers like Foreman’s are often called redemption stories. His actually was
The film’s prescription for a future pope coincides with the current Pope’s autobiographical reflections. Why might that be?
Unlike Donald Trump, who is both a poor loser and a poor winner, let us celebrate our 4 Nations Face-Off victory over the U.S. graciously
Vice President Vance’s speech at the March for Life was noteworthy for indicating a shift from the legal front toward a cultural and economic pro-life agenda.
Of all the great basilicas of Rome, the one dedicated to the Blessed Mother was his favorite.
The scriptures' chronicling of the resurrection of Jesus Christ gives hope to a world where inflated bullies continue to wreak havoc on those within their grip
The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.
This Lent, as has increasingly been the case over the last half-dozen years or so, more and more penitents are confessing that they are following the news.
