Maundy Thursday

MAVNDY THVRSDAY AFTERNOON SPECIAL

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (Credit: by Dan Burke, Screengrab via NCRegister.com)

Christ’s Deepest Desire, as Revealed by a French Mystic

. . .“Jesus desire is for us to be with him in Communion. This is what he aches for”. . .

by  Patti Maguire Armstrong,

of the National Catholic Register

What is Easter? – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Magazine
10 Things You Need to Know About Holy Thursday – Jimmy Akin, NC Register
Benedict XVI’s Brief Guide to the Paschal Triduum – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Three Indulgences You Can Receive During the Easter Triduum – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
Some Anglo-Saxon Easter Customs – A Clerk of Oxford
Judas Explains It All – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Betrayal at the Last Supper – Fr. Ralph Gorman, Catholic Exchange
Saint Peter & the Last Supper – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Pilate: The King’s Friend? – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand
Pre-Pius-XII-Reform Dominican Rite Easter Vigil – Fr. Augustine Thompson O.P., NLM
Herod & Pilate—on Trial – Joe Heschmeyer, Catholic Answers Magazine
The Ambrosian Mass of Holy Thursday – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Pilgrims Keep Watch with Christ in Venerable Holy Thursday Tradition – CNA/The CWR
Pope’s Prison Visit on Holy Thursday Recalls Iconic John XXIII Moment – John Allen
Let Your Blood Pour Out – Julie Machado, Catholic Stand
Crossing the Threshold of Holy Week – Sister Tim. Marie O.C.D., Intgrtd Catholic Life™
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Father Robert F. Christian, O.P., S.T.L., S.T.D. (Credit: Order of Preachers)

New San Francisco Auxiliary Bishop ‘Delighted’ by Appointment

. . .the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Fr. Robert F. Christian, O.P., a Dominican friar & a native of San Francisco, as the next auxiliary bishop for his home diocese in California. . .

from the Catholic News Agency

via The Catholic World Report

Coming Into the Church? 50 Notable Converts You Should Know – Matthew E. Bunson
How to Gain a Plenary Indulgence this Holy Week, In One Infographic – ChurchPop
This Statue of the Virgin Mary is Taller Than the Statue of Liberty – Vittoria Traverso
Powerful Prayer for Spiritual Protection – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Lane
Jacob Rees-Mogg: I Try to Say the Rosary Every Day – Catholic Herald
Passiontide Chronology: Holy Thursday – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
4 Shrines for Saints’ Relics in the U.S. – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
Music for the Maundy – Notkerus Balbulus, Canticum Salomonis
Traps & Tips for Spiritual Workouts – Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic Life™
The 10 Most Important Marian Feasts You Should Add to Your Calendar – ChurchPop
How the Apostleship of the Sea Brings the Gospel to Seafarers – K.V. Turley, NCRegister
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MAUNDY THURSDAY EXTRA

9 Fact You May Not Know About Holy (Maundy) Thursday

by Chloe Mooradian,

of epicPew

If It’s Holy Thursday, it Must Be Time to Discuss Foot Washing – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy
The Easter Triduum: Entering Into the Heart of Our Faith – Jean Heimann
The Ten Commandments – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
The Book that Captures the Drama of Christ’s Final Days on Earth – Francis Phillips, CH
The Three Crosses: Snapshots of Our Journey – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand
The Reconciliation of the Public Penitents on Holy Thursday at Sarum – Gregory DiPippo, NLM
Whatever You Did for the Least of These. . . – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today
Last Minute Encouragement For Your Holy Week – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
How My Ash Wednesday Cross Went Viral – Carol Monaghan, Catholic Herald
Good Friday Reminder: Fasting, Abstaining, and You – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Is Easter a Pagan Celebration? – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks
What was Mass Like for the Early Christians? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Stripping of the Altars – David Warren, The Catholic Thing
The Chalice: Simili Modo, Postquam Coenatum Est. . . – Paul Claudel, Rorate Cæli
There’s Some Peter, Thomas and John in All of Us – Travis C. Headley, Forty Something Faith
Pope Francis’ Chrism Mass Homily – Full Text – National Catholic Register
For the THURSDAY NEWS EXTRA (13 April, AD 2017) click here.
For the REGULAR MONDAY LATE EDITION (17 April, AD 2017) click here.
For the EASTER MONDAY LATE EDITION (17 April, AD 2017) click here.

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