by Peter James | Apr 8, 2024 | N. T. Wright
The day between Good Friday and Easter, Holy Saturday, is one of the most confusing days in the Christian calendar, situated halfway between the agony of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. Nothing much happens on that first Holy Saturday. Jesus’ body has already...
by Peter James | Apr 7, 2024 | Christina Rosetti
It seems counterintuitive to call the day on which Jesus died “Good Friday.” The phrase likely originated in the Middle Ages. Jesus’ death on the cross is good in what it accomplishes–death to our sins and the harbinger of our resurrection to...
by Peter James | Apr 6, 2024 | Veit Dietrich
It was a most unlikely marriage. The former monk Martin Luther had to find husbands for nineteen nuns who fled convent life to join the Reformation movement. One ex-nun, Katie von Bora, insisted she would only marry Martin Luther and prevailed upon him until he...
by Peter James | Apr 5, 2024 | Litany of the Hours
The first few days of Holy Week were full of drama: Jesus’ triumphal ride into Jerusalem on Sunday, his cleansing of the temple on Monday, and the ensuing temple controversy on Tuesday. Wednesday seems like an off day. The only thing that takes place is a...
by Peter James | Apr 4, 2024 | St. Anselm
We use the word “brilliant” much too often. “He pitched a brilliant game.” “She gave a brilliant performance.” Enough already! Yet Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) was, by all accounts, a perfectly brilliant theologian. He was widely regarded as the most original...
