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 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 […]