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‘A tidal wave of truths’: Thomas Merton on the power of the Mass reliving the crucifixion

March 31, 2024

The Mass wields enormous power through its connection to Christ’s death on the cross, wrote Thomas Merton, the American Trappist monk, writer, theologian and mystic. “O my God, with what might You sometimes choose to teach a man’s soul Your immense lessons!” Merton wrote in his memoir the Seven Storey Mountain about his spiritual journey

Was the angel in the tomb the same ‘young man’ who ran away naked during Jesus’s arrest?

March 31, 2024

“On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement.” (Mark 16:5) Why does St Mark, alone among the evangelists, describe the angel in the tomb as a “young man in a white robe”? The only other time he refers to

‘Obsession’ with authenticity hides Turin Shroud’s real meaning, says expert

April 21, 2015

The Shroud of Turin has been put on display to the public until June 24

A Christian genius and her inspired account of the life of Pilate’s wife

April 01, 2015

Along with The Diary of a Country Priest, Gertrud von le Fort's The Wife of Pilate is one of my desert islands books