Day: April 23, 2011

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Into the Pit

Our Creed tells us that “He descended into Hell.” Today commemorates the First Saturday after the First Good Friday. That was the day Jesus went into Hell to bring forth the souls meant to be freed. Dante described Hell in some detail in the Inferno. Dante described how many of the structures in Hell were […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Reading for April 23, 2011 – Holy Saturday

The Resurrection of the Lord Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter Reading 1 Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let there […]