On this most solemn and sacred of days, the day in which the Church remembers the violent death of Her Spouse and Lord, we are accustomed to the Passion narratives (in the West) and the lengthy and ornate funeral procession (in the East). But today marks not only the death of the only truly innocent man to walk the earth, but also the death of the first saint of the Church. No, I don’t mean Jesus, God is far above... Read more