A Reflection for Good Friday, by Sam Sawyer, S.J. ... Wrestling with the Good Friday sacrifice through poetry. Sam Sawyer, S.J. April 06, 2023. Photo from Unsplash, by Greg Rosenke.

A Good Friday Poem. Jason S. Crye. For most Christians, today is Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ crucifixion. It is also a remarkable and rare convergence of holy days, ...

The Sun has offered as Poem of the Day two previous works by John Donne (1572–1631): “I Am a Little World Made Cunningly” and “Air and Angels” — both knotty, complex poems, and both examples of why he ...

Good Friday, The Veneration. by Marda Messick in the March 2024 issue. Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email to a friend Print. If desired, ... This poem appears in the March 2024 issue. We ...

We do not need to be as notorious in our sinning as Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) to remember our own darkness, as he did, on Good Friday. Wilde's 1881 poem "E Tenebris," titled after the Tenebrae ...

Good Friday is a Christian holiday, and the named days refer to the story of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection in the Bible - but the reason it's called 'good' isn't what you'd expect ...

There's a strange story behind how Good Friday got its name. Good Friday is the name commonly given in English to the Friday before Easter. This year it falls on April 18, with Easter Sunday on ...