Blog Post by Richard Nichols S.J.
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04 April 2026
Holy Saturday According to St. Ignatius Loyola, when Christ died, his soul and body were separated from each other. The body remained in the ...
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03 April 2026
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion Good Friday is not a holy day of obligation. Catholics are not obliged under pain of sin to go to church ...
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02 April 2026
Holy Thursday St. Ignatius Loyola, in his Spiritual Exercises, encourages retreatants to meditate on the Last Supper in order to experience ...
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01 April 2026
Wednesday of Holy Week The treachery of Judas Iscariot must be condemned, but first it must be studied. Dante’s lowest circle of the Inferno, ...
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31 March 2026
Tuesday of Holy Week The statue and the shadow it casts are related, but they are very different. The statue is made of stone, and the shadow ...
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30 March 2026
Monday of Holy Week It was prophesied by Isaiah that the Messiah would “bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who ...
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29 March 2026
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Jesus’ approval rating reached a high point when he entered Jerusalem. The common people rallied upon his ...
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31 January 2026
Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest The prophet Nathan told David the king a story about a rich man and a poor man. The rich man had flocks ...
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30 January 2026
Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time The Kingdom of God is a like a man who scatters seeds. He goes to sleep. He wakes up. The seeds ...
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29 January 2026
Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Spirituality does not make one correct in spiritual matters; any more than religiosity makes one ...
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