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at NRO But The Passion does not wallow in violence. Instead, it hearkens back to another tradition of engaging the Gospels, one that attempts to provide a sense of what it was like to be with Christ on the way of the cross (via dolorosa). The tradition of meditation on Christ’s passion and death crystallizes…

From the Dallas Morning News I don’t know how non-Christians will see this film. As nothing more, perhaps, than the tale of a deluded sap who got caught up in ecclesial and colonial politics. But for those of us who call Jesus the Son of God, who believe he chose his fate for our sakes,…

Welcome deare feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authoritie, But is compos’d of passion. The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church sayes, now: Give to thy Mother, what thou wouldst allow To ev’ry Corporation. George Herbert, “Lent” from The Temple (1603)

Thoughts from 1996 One of the meanings of penitential fasting is to help us recover an interior life. The effort of moderation in food also extends to other things that are not necessary, and this is a great help to the spiritual life. Moderation, recollection and prayer go hand in hand.

Michael is doing daily meditations for Lent here

Me and Kenneth Woodward. But you probably already knew that. Were we a nation of Bible readers, not just Bible owners, I don’t think a film like Mr. Gibson’s would cause much fuss. While I do not think that “The Passion of the Christ” is anti-Semitic, I do think it presents Christians with a “teaching…

Various, at The Corner (scroll down and around Get Religion looks at Jewish responses and announces its quest for the best and worst reactions. Religious leaders in Chicago, via the NYTimes The Very Rev. Demetri C. Kantzavelos, chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Chicago, was disturbed that the actors speak Latin, and not Greek,…

John Carroll University is here to get the good word out! Exactly what that word might be, we’re not sure, though.

I probably won’t be seeing The Passion of the Christ until Thursday, if then. Maybe not until next week. Michael is going to try to see it tomorrow, so he’ll have thoughts before I do. That doesn’t stop me from being very interested in what others are saying and how they are reacting. When I…

Here’s a good resource for Lenten traditions and practices.
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