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The Jubilee 2025 Events Calendar

The Jubilee 2025 Events Calendar

Contents1 Jubilee 2025: Dates2 Opening of the Holy Door3 The Jubilee 2025 Calendar The calendar of events for the Jubilee 2025 has been published, twelve months of events and occasions to deepen faith, live fraternal communion, and walk together as “pilgrims of hope.” The Jubilee…

Holy Door: what it is and what its opening represents

Holy Door: what it is and what its opening represents

Contents1 The Holy Door of St. Peter2 Opening of the Holy Door3 How many Holy Doors are there The opening of the Holy Door marks the beginning of the Jubilee, but it also represents a spiritually evocative symbol for Christians. Here’s what it entails. The…

The Children of Adam and Eve: From Cain and Abel to the Entire Human Race

The Children of Adam and Eve: From Cain and Abel to the Entire Human Race

Who Were the Children of Adam and Eve, and How Did the Human Race Originate? Here’s How the Bible Narrates the Birth of Humanity Before delving into this discourse on the children of Adam and Eve and the origin of the human race, it is…

Women at the Foot of the Cross: The Three Marys Present at Jesus’ Crucifixion

Women at the Foot of the Cross: The Three Marys Present at Jesus’ Crucifixion

Virgin Mary, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene: here are the pious women who witnessed Jesus’ death on the Cross We have already reflected on several occasions on the affection that Jesus reserved for the women who followed Him. The Gospels mention their presence among…

The life of Mary after the Resurrection of Jesus

The life of Mary after the Resurrection of Jesus

What became of Our Lady after the Resurrection of Jesus? Let’s investigate Mary’s life through the Gospels, up to the day of her Assumption into Heaven What happened to Mary the mother of Jesus after the death and Resurrection of Her Son? The Gospels do…

The events of the Passion of Jesus: from the Last Supper to His Crucifixion

The events of the Passion of Jesus: from the Last Supper to His Crucifixion

Contents1 The Last Supper2 Jesus in Gethsemane3 The Denial of St. Peter4 The trial at Pontius Pilate5 The Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus The Passion of Jesus is the highest and most terrible moment of his parable among men. From the Last Supper to the…

Easter: 10 curiosities about the symbols of the Passion of Christ

Easter: 10 curiosities about the symbols of the Passion of Christ

Contents1 The crown of thorns2 Where is the Holy Shroud3 The tomb of Jesus4 The Cross of Christ5 What are the Holy Nails6 What does INRI mean on the Cross7 The last words of Jesus8 What is the Holy Staircase?9 Who were the two thieves10…

The washing of the feet, the symbol of God’s love

The washing of the feet, the symbol of God’s love

The washing of the feet is one of the greatest gestures of God’s love. Here is how it happened and how it is repeated every year between the rites of Holy Thursday There is one particular episode that is told only in one of the…

Palm Sunday: history and meaning of the celebration

Palm Sunday: history and meaning of the celebration

Contents1 The liturgy of Palm Sunday2 Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem3 The meaning of the blessed olive branches Palm Sunday is the last Sunday before Easter. With it begins Holy Week. Here is what is celebrated and how. Anyone among us who grew up in…

St. Disma, the good thief who went to heaven

St. Disma, the good thief who went to heaven

Contents1 Who were the two thieves on the cross with Jesus?2 Dysma, the penitent thief3 Prayer to St. Dismas Who was Saint Disma, the repentant thief crucified alongside Jesus on Golgotha? Let’s find out his story and how he became a saint From the Gospels…

The Mount of Olives, among the places dearest to Jesus

The Mount of Olives, among the places dearest to Jesus

Contents1 The biblical episodes that occurred on the Mount of Olives.2 Gethsemane or Garden of Olives.3 Jesus’ agony in Luke’s Gospel The Mount of Olives has since ancient times been a place of mysteries, the scene of great biblical events. This is where the Passion…

The lost years of Jesus’ life

The lost years of Jesus’ life

Let us investigate the lost years of Jesus’ life. What was he doing before he started preaching? Did he ever move away from Palestine? Jesus’ life is known mostly through the canonical Gospels, but there are many gaps, periods during which we can only guess…

Symbols of strength and love, here are the patron saints of women

Symbols of strength and love, here are the patron saints of women

Contents1 Mary2 Saint Anne3 St. Mary Frances4 Saint Paschal Baylon5 Saint Gerard Maiella6 Saint Monica7 St. Dominic Savio Women’s patron saints. On the occasion of the March 8 holiday, but remembered every day as examples, symbols and guardians It happens to everyone, at certain times…

Simon of Cyrene, the man who helped Jesus carry the cross

Simon of Cyrene, the man who helped Jesus carry the cross

Who helped Jesus carry the cross? Simon of Cyrene, despite himself a participant in the Passion and protagonist of the fifth station of the Way of the Cross. But who was he? The Synoptic Gospels recount the journey of Jesus to the hill of the…

Jesus’ crown of thorns and its meanings

Jesus’ crown of thorns and its meanings

Jesus’ crown of thorns is one of the most emblematic symbols of the Passion. Let’s find out why and what has happened to it over the centuries In ancient times, when a Roman soldier performed acts of great bravery, such that he rendered great service…

The meaning of INRI on the cross of Jesus

The meaning of INRI on the cross of Jesus

The meaning of INRI on the cross of Jesus: where does it come from and what does this mysterious abbreviation that appears in all depictions of Jesus on the cross mean? And what is the meaning of the name Jesus? Each one of us, attending…

The Chair of Saint Peter: the meaning of the work and the origins of the feast

The Chair of Saint Peter: the meaning of the work and the origins of the feast

Contents1 The Chair of Saint Peter by Bernini2 The Celebration of the Chair of Saint Peter3 The cathedra Petri What is meant by the Chair of Saint Peter? What is and where is this precious artefact? What is celebrated on February 22? February 22 is…

The face of Jesus: let’s reconstruct his true likeness

The face of Jesus: let’s reconstruct his true likeness

What was the true face of Jesus? What ethnicity did he belong to? A question that has fascinated and divided scholars and theologians for two thousand years If we were to ask a child what Jesus looked like, he would not have the slightest hesitation:…