Short Talks
This section of the website comprises short stand-alone talks and articles on different aspects of the Christian Faith, including the teaching of Jesus, the seasons of the Church’s Year and Feasts and Festivals. More talks/sermons/homilies/articles will be added in due course.
The section of the website entitled The Christian Faith provides more extended teaching on larger content areas, such as the Creed and the Sacraments.
Sixth Word
“It is finished” (John 19:30)
When Jesus received the sour wine in answer to his cry, “I thirst”, the end of his earthly life had nearly come and the prolonged and bitter conflict against the forces of evil was all but over. But the cry from the Cross, “It is finished”, which expressed that, was a cry not of relief but of triumph.
Seventh Word
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (NRSV, Luke 23:46)
Jesus dies upon the Cross. The fury of the world has spent itself in vain and Jesus passes out of its power to hurt him more.
Holy Saturday
The Triduum Sacrum refers to the three Holy Days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. In origin, the services which mark these Holy Days go back to the early centuries of the Christian religion.