As we enter Holy Week, we offer a daily poem and daily piece of music to help deepen the experience of this most solemn period of the liturgical year. Stations of the Cross with Pope Francis is another Holy Week resource. Homilists may like to visit Sunday Homily Resources which has resources for each day of Holy Week as well as for Easter Sunday.
Website of the Week
Palm Sunday and Holy Week
A Radical Alternative Theory of Atonement
Website of the Week
Palm Sunday and Holy Week
A Radical Alternative Theory of Atonement
As we stand at the threshold of another Holy Week, many still struggle with the idea that Jesus had to die for our sins as a sacrifice to appease a wrathful God. Franciscan theology, for many centuries, has offered an alternative, non-violent, atonement theory which has never been deemed heretical. This theory states that Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity, he came to change the mind of humanity about God.
Listen to a fascinating 11 minute interview with Pat Coyle, Director of Irish Jesuit Communications; and read a reflection on
'at-one-ment' by Franciscan friar, theologian and internationally renowned author, Richard Rohr.
Listen to a fascinating 11 minute interview with Pat Coyle, Director of Irish Jesuit Communications; and read a reflection on
'at-one-ment' by Franciscan friar, theologian and internationally renowned author, Richard Rohr.