For Roman Catholics, Ash Wednesday opens the penitential season of Lent. One of two days when fasting is required(along with Good Friday), it is a day of self-denial, repentance from sins, and the remembrance of death: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.”
Saint Joseph is the Patron of the Universal Church. He is a powerful intercessor for many and a beloved member of the Holy Family. Come to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe this March 19, for the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, protodulia. Saint Joseph, Pray for us
Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri patientis sanctissima (The Most Holy Limbs of Our Suffering Jesus) contemplates seven parts of Christ’s crucified body – his pierced feet, bent knees, bleeding hands, wounded side, revered breast, loving heart, and thorn-crowned face.
