While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; […]
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Doubting Thomas: Redefining Doubt
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced […]
Searching For Easter
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the […]
Drag Is Sacred Art
Come to think of it, Holy Week is a week long Drag festival. The many high church liturgical expressions are a kind of drag. Sinakulo is drag. People dressing up as biblical characters is a form of drag. Procession of dressed up statues of biblical characters is a kind of drag… Yung mga Maria ay […]
Grace In Progress
“A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.” Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will […]