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Easter Triduum
The end of Lent and Holy Week were exceptionally difficult and intense. It was mentally and physically exhausting as well as chaotic. My mind was constantly going in six directions at once and then…...
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it’s still Easter!!!
And I am still celebrating! Easter is the “Feast of feasts”, the “Solemnity of solemnities”, and though the Easter season is fifty days, the Catholic Church sets aside the first eight days a special...
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understated easter beauty
Easter really is my favorite time of the year, liturgically speaking. The liturgies for the Triduum are full of traditions rich in symbolism, which stirs the very core of my being and draws me deeper...
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one of a kind: adam skorka
Passion Sunday was the beginning of a bitter passion for the Skorka family. Unfortunately, their passion did not end on Good Friday, as Christ’s did. Their youngest son Adam has been diagnosed with...
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tell me when it’s over!
Ugh! Lent and its long agonizing days… I am so ready for it to be over; I’ve been ready. These weeks have been full of frustrating disappointments, distressing surprises, and tedious setbacks....
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the holy anthem
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the holy anthem rise, and the choirs of heaven chant it in the temple of the skies; let the mountain skip with gladness, and the joyful valleys ring with hosannas in the highest...
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adventures of c&k: easter jubilation
After a rough Lent and an agonizing Holy Week, both Karl and I had to dig down deep to find the energy and strength to fully enter into the Triduum. And by that, I mean we had to give up. We gave up...
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adventures of c&k: easter salvation
Easter is the celebration of the salvation of mankind, when Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead three days later. This Easter – well Holy Saturday really – I was in serious...
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adjusting to the joys of easter
I wasn’t planning on hibernating during Lent… it just happened. My weekends were busy, but weekday evenings were spent in quiet reflection discerning, organizing, evaluating, planning, and resting (or...
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adventures of c&k: o captain my captain
I admit Karl and I have a rather strange way of celebrating Easter… On Easter Wednesday, we celebrated by going to the New York City Auto Show with Karl’s cousin, Peter. See what I mean? Who...
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