Lent, April 2025, ongoing restoration by a ... time of Christ – the plant from which the Romans fashioned the crown of thorns and placed on Jesus’ head. This scientist, suffering from a ...

The colour scheme shifts, as darkness descends and the curtain of the Temple is torn in two, while an eclipse echoes the crown of thorns—a motif subtly shrouded ... tempted to give up chocolate or ...

He wears the crown of thorns, bears the lethal wounds of crucifixion, but holds the flail and scourge of his flagellation. Around him are mnemonics of his torture. Lucas’s “L” hangs from the tongs ...

As Lent begins, The Catholic Register opens its editorial space to the Lenten message of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, as we pray, too, for his recovery. This Lent, as we share in the grace of the ...

Fanesca, a soup eaten during Lent and Holy Week made with cod and ... The prickly plant is also said to symbolize the crown of thorns placed on Jesus’ head before he was condemned to death ...

She has compiled meditations based on the daily readings for Lent and Holy Week and provides ... wall or sit freestanding on a tabletop. 9. Crown of Thorns Possibly the most unique holy reminder ...

“I had already come to venerate it at Notre Dame during Lent.” The lucky onlooker said that the guards let her in, and she was able to witness the ceremony from up close. Once the crown of thorns had ...

“I had already come to venerate it at Notre Dame during Lent.” The lucky onlooker said that the guards let her in, and she was able to witness the ceremony from up close. Faithful of Paris look at the ...

An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” returned Friday to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after it was saved from the flames of the ...