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* Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci, 1601-02 [National Gallery, London]... *According to the 13th-century Golden Legend, Christ met St. Peter, who was fleeing persecution in Rome. Peter asked, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replies, “Romam vado iterum crucifigi.” I am going to Rome to be crucified again. “Shamed, Peter turned back to face his own martyrdom.”

By Carrie Gress, The Catholic Thing, March 25, 2024

Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from The Catholic University of America. She is the editor-in-chief of Theology of Home and the author of several books, including The Marian Option, The Anti-Mary Exposed, and co-authot of Theology of Home. She is also a homeschooling mother of five and a homemaker. Her new book is The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us.

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett family faces the gravest of circumstances when their youngest daughter, Lydia, runs off with the wicked George Wickham. Although the situation is eventually made far less grave than first thought, with Lydia and Wickham marrying, few of the Bennetts’ neighbors were willing to condole with the family during their dark trial. But then the Bennetts’ fortunes take a dramatic turn. The family that was the least envied in the county becomes its most illustrious with the marriage of their other two eldest daughters to men of great fortune. For the Bennett Family, shame’s pendulum swung wildly in the opposite direction, stirring up praise, approbation, and even envy among their neighbors.

As we journey through Holy Week, the reversal of fortunes of Our Savior, from ignominious death to glorious resurrection, couldn’t be more stark. Jesus of Nazareth takes on the deepest scourge the Roman Empire could inflict, with nothing considered too brutal or shameful. …

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