...with straps to the cross with a puncture wound on his side, water and blood flowing from the wound, Mary was afraid the soldiers would return, remove her son and...
Exaltation of the Cross
...of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior's tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher over the tomb. During the excavation, workers found three...
St. Jude
...Syria sometime in 65 A.D. In religious art, he is often shown holding an axe or club which symbolizes the way he was martyred. After his death, the apostle’s body...
Devotion to the Sacred Heart
...of invocation and trust in the love of Christ. The approved litany contains 33 invocations corresponding to the years of Christ’s earthly life and was officially approved for public use...