Awake, O Sleeper! ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Blinding light surrounds me. My eyes, grown old from endlessly straining in vain for light, begin…
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The Harrowing of Hell ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Christ descended into hell to deliver His loved ones from their exile. He came to reward those who,…
Come, Let Us Adore ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Most Catholics seem to intuitively grasp that adoration of the cross is not idolatry. But that…
A Passion Oratorio for the 20th Century ~ The…
“Golgotha” is one of those works, and Frank Martin is one of those composers, about whom you want…
Not Just One Day of the Year ~ The Imaginative…
“Good Friday is not just one day of the year,” Fr. Richard John Neuhaus writes in “Death on a…
The First 12 Stations of the Cross ~ The Imaginative…
The Stations of the Cross, which form the core of my book Sounding the Seasons, are intended to be…
Fairy Tales and Holy Week ~ The Imaginative…
During this Holy Week, perhaps we can pray that the uncanny pull so many feel toward the ever-after…
From Passover to the Garden of Gethsemane ~ The…
I went with Peter to make the arrangements for the Passover supper. When we arrived in Jerusalem,…
Maundy Thursday ~ The Imaginative Conservative
So many gospel themes find their focus on Maundy Thursday, so many threads of connection flowing to…
“Memory” ~ The Imaginative Conservative
If I ever go back to Baltimore,The City of Maryland,I shall miss again as I missed beforeA thousand…
