Today, evil seems so present and powerful that the faithful cry out with Jesus, "My God, why have you abandoned us?" (Mark 15:34). In his account of Jesus' passion, Luke invites us to enter into the ...

Today, evil seems so present and powerful that the faithful cry out with Jesus, "My God, why have you abandoned us?" (Mark 15:34). In his account of Jesus' passion, Luke invites us to enter into the ...

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass. This year the Sunday liturgies draw from cycle C readings, which ...

For the sake of new readers, given my Jewish birth and upbringing, I always confess that until my mid-20s, I thought Palm Sunday was about glorifying palm trees. That is not a joke. Of course, palm ...