Triduum Traditions

Happy Holy Week! As you read this, I hope you find yourself prayerfully preparing your heart and your mind for the celebration of the Paschal Mystery that the Church celebrates in full at the end of this week. Often we refer to the last three days of this week as “The Triduum.”

Daily FaithShannon AllgeierMarch 31, 2021triduum, tradition, church year, liturgical life, Holy Week, Good Friday, Easter

Gentle Joy and Gentle Sorrow: Titian's The Annunciation and Ecce Homo

The celebration of the Annunciation of our Lord approaches quickly on March 25th and Good Friday follows soon after. Not long after that, my own child will be born. So Titian’s beautiful and heart-rending portrayals of the Annunciation and Christ’s suffering in his two works from 1557 and 1547 respectively immediately caught my attention during a recent perusal of artwork for the website…

Daily Faith, Not ConversationsKatie SaundersMarch 24, 2021Annunciation, Passiontide, Good Friday, Motherhood, Suffering, Painting, Titian

The Great Battle: A Brief Reflection

And so, through all this, entrenched in both spiritual and physical disease, we come to another Good Friday, the Day of days, the culmination of the Great Battle.