Concerning Hades. The Apostles Creed, an innovation of the Western Church dating from the ninth century and remaining in popular usage even presently, includes a clause regarding Christ’s passion, that He “descended into Hell”. Consequently a great deal of medieval lore surrounds the subject of the “Harrowing of Hell” […]
Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is risen; He is risen indeed! Christos Anesti; Alithos Anesti! This, too, came to pass as foretold; Christ said in Galilee that the Son of Man must be given to sinners for them to beat, crucify, and kill, and […]
Christ died so that we may live; God became man so that man could become God. Since the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin have intended His death and disgrace. Their fear was that if the way of Our Lord came to be known as […]
Our Lord has been diligent in offering signs, notable in recent memory by riding into Jerusalem on the back of “a colt, the foal of an ass”. Those of a mind to recognize the Messiah have a clear indication that a new covenant, one offering the liberation of […]
Where do we see ourselves in the arrival of Our Lord Jesus to Jerusalem where He was received as king? Are we among His Twelve? That has more to do with His choice than ours, I think. Have we joined his disciples early, or were we only convinced when […]