Holy Week and Easter: The Fact of Our Redemption

Holy Week and Easter bring with them liturgies of great beauty and solemnity suitable to the momentous significance of the events they recall. That significance is of course redemption. And for assistance in explaining it, I turn to three highly qualified  commentators—Blaise Pascal, St. John Henry Newman, and St. Augustine. Start with Pascal. “There are […]

Holy Week and Easter: The Fact of Our Redemption
Holy Week and Easter bring with them liturgies of great beauty and solemnity suitable to the momentous significance of the events they recall. That significance is of course redemption. And for assistance in explaining it, I turn to three highly qualified  commentators—Blaise Pascal, St. John Henry Newman, and St. Augustine. Start with Pascal. “There are […]