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By Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine - The ancient aspiration proclaims Ave Crux, Spes Unica (Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope!). How much that aspiration makes ‘reimagined Catholics’ squirm... But the Resurrection confirms this! No merit accrues from the Resurrection; only the Crucifixion saves us from our shipwreck... Easter makes of us all the Revolutionaries of the Cross. Without that sweet Revolution, other dark, very dark, revolutions will triumph... And they already are.

By Shannon Mullen, CNA - A top U.S. military hospital ended its contract with a community of Franciscan friars just before Holy Week, putting a for-profit firm in charge of Catholic pastoral care, according to the Archdiocese of the Military Services... Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the head of the archdiocese, blasted the move by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, calling it “incomprehensible.”

CNSNews - The hour of our Lord was at last come; his death-struggle had commenced; a cold sweat overspread every limb. John stood at the foot of the Cross, and wiped the feet of Jesus with his scapular. Magdalen was crouched to the ground in a perfect frenzy of grief behind the Cross. The Blessed Virgin stood between Jesus and the good thief, supported by Salome and Mary of Cleophas, with her eyes riveted on the countenance of her dying Son.

By William L. Patenaude, Catholic World Report - There’s a reason why St. Paul instructs us that our eyes have not seen, nor ears have heard, the glory that is promised (1 Cor. 2:9/Isaiah 64:3). Yes, our souls stir during the celebration of Easter Masses. They are, after all, oriented to the truth of the resurrection of the body. And yet, in our fallen state in this fallen world, we are more fully aware of the promise of Easter because Easter is connected backwards through Holy Saturday to the sorrowful and ugly realities of Good Friday ....