At the Good Friday services we venerated the cross.  Isn’t that idol worship?

When did we lose it? When did we lose that deeply-engrained, forever-sanctioned sense that however much we might disagree with each other or even dislike each other, we still need to accord each other basic courtesy, respect and politeness?

“We hope in the world to come.”  

As Jesus was dying on the cross, he cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  Was Jesus despondent and despairing? 

After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic we are all tired and want it over.  And now we have a war in Ukraine which is causing oppression, suffering and world-wide sadness.

In the (March 25) edition of The Catholic Commentator, you mentioned there were other ways to pray the Stations of the Cross.  What are those alternatives?

In his farewell speech in St. John’s Gospel, Jesus tells us he is going away but that he will leave us a parting gift, the gift of his peace, and that we will experience this gift in the spirit he leaves behind.

“Am I really doing anything special for Lent?”   We’re already in the middle of Lent.  In South Louisiana we plan for Mardi Gras so well and begin celebrating it so hard right after Jan. 6 with parties, balls and parades that we sort of stumble into church on Ash Wednesday surprised that Lent is already here and wondering what to do to observe it.

What should I do with the palms that I received last year on Palm Sunday?  How do I dispose of them?

By the time this column is published, the Diocese of Baton Rouge will have held all of its meetings, or “synods,” for lay Catholics throughout the deaneries of the diocese, plus one meeting for Bishop Michael G. Duca and his clergy (additional meetings for specific groups will be scheduled later in the spring).

What should I do for Lent?

Lent is upon us and already palms are sweating.