Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the representative of the Holy See at the United Nations, follow the cross on Good Friday morning as it makes its way from St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn, to the Brooklyn Bridge, April 19.
Father Michael Panicali, parochial vicar at St. Mark’s – St. Margaret Mary parish, led a Good Friday Stations of the Cross through Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach down to the Atlantic Ocean.
As the faithful gathered at St. Frances de Chantal Church in Borough Park on Good Friday evening for the Polish Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, room inside the church quickly ran out.
Every day, as the Mass is celebrated on altars throughout the world, we, the faithful, extend our hands to touch His wounds in love, and thus be healed by them. We bring Him our fears, our broken hearts and lives, as well as our deepest joys and gratitude. We place our shattered hope in Him once more, and witness the glorious resurrection promised to Thomas and the others who put into practice the trust modeled by Mary.
Members of the Italian apostolates in Bensonhurst participated in their annual Good Friday Stations of the Cross through the neighborhood, April 19.
DURING THE LENTEN season I thought often about the mystery of human freedom. I have come to believe that any action performed out of love increases the freedom of the person who does it. For many years I thought that the more difficult an action was the more valuable it was. I now think almost the opposite: an action can be difficult for one person because he or she has not grown in freedom and holiness; for another person the same action may be relatively easy because the individual has grown into a deeper holiness.
PUBLISHED A WEEK short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy sex-abuse crisis vividly illustrated his still-unparalleled capacity to incinerate the brain-circuits of various Catholic progressives.
Light and hope filled St. John Vianney Church in Flushing as nearly 50 adults and three children were welcomed into the Catholic Church on the most sacred night of the liturgical year.
Pregnancy during Lent adds an extra layer of anticipation for new life and the glorious shouts of “Alleluia.”
Photos from throughout the diocese during Holy Week.
