Jeanie Hannaman

By Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky, The Catholic Thing - The bodily resurrection of Jesus is the crown jewel of our faith and defines our existence for eternity. Jesus forever breaks the power of sin, suffering, and death. The gates of heaven are now open to receive us if we follow Him. But without constantly recurring to the fact of the Resurrection, our faith degrades and fragments, and we risk our salvation.

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - Metropolitan police officers unlawfully disrupted the Good Friday service at a Polish church in South London, ordering clergy to stop the Liturgy and threatening to fine or arrest faithful Catholics if they did not disperse immediately... "We were not allowed to finish the celebration. The police found our liturgical assembly illegal, ordering everyone to leave our church immediately, threatening a fine of £200 for each parishioner present or arrest," the statement noted.

By Pope Benedict XVI, The Catholic Thing - One could say that the Shroud is the Icon of this mystery, the Icon of Holy Saturday. Indeed it is a winding-sheet that was wrapped around the body of a man who was crucified, corresponding in every way to what the Gospels tell us of Jesus... Holy Saturday is the day when God remains hidden, we read in an ancient homily: “What has happened? Today the earth is shrouded in deep silence, deep silence and stillness, profound silence because the King sleeps. . . .God has died in the flesh, and has gone down to rouse the realm of the dead.” ...

By Christopher Bedford, The Federalist - Their courage in spreading the Word from Ukraine to Egypt and from India to Spain, and their bravery when put to death, serve as examples most of us can only hope to approach. But it comes more naturally to follow their path on Holy Saturday when Jesus lay in the tomb and his handpicked followers cowered in fear.