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Remembering Fr Coleridge – The Lord Bishop of Emmaus' recollections
Following his death on 13 April 1893, Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ's old friend James Laird Patterson, Bishop of Emmaus, wrote the following tribute.
How we found Fr Coleridge's grave
To mark the anniversary of Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ's death, I took my family to Ottery St Mary, Devon, in search of the great man's grave.
 • S.D. Wright
Low Sunday – St Thomas' doubts dispelled
On Low Sunday, the Easter Octave, we hear about the institution of the sacrament of penance, and the resolution of St Thomas' doubts.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
Getting the Resurrection appearances in order
The whole narrative falls into place when we notice that the Gospels present us with multiple visits to the Sepulchre.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
How to avoid being disappointed by the Gospels’ accounts of the Resurrection
The accounts of the Resurrection show us what we should and should not expect from the Gospels.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
How did the risen Christ reveal the Church's divine constitution?
Christ established the Church with clarity—yet left little trace of it in written form. What does this show us about her divine constitution?
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
How did Christ feed and teach the Apostles after his Resurrection?
In a quiet moment by the Sea of Tiberias, Christ revealed Himself again to His Apostles. These encounters were few, but they were formative, shaping the…
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
Why Christ appeared to the Holy Women before the Apostles
What was it about the Holy Women that made Christ choose them to prepare the Apostles?
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
Why Christ told Magdalene not to touch Him—and what it means for us
The Risen Christ acts with a curious reserve towards St Mary Magdalene, and in a way that contrasts with the other Holy Women and St Thomas.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
What happened when the Holy Women visited Christ's tomb?
The accounts of the women arriving at the Holy Sepulchre came seem very mysterious.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
How Christ Harrowed Hell
As soon as Christ's soul left his body, Hell quaked.
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How Jesus was nailed to the Cross
How did Jesus respond to the procedure for crucifying the condemned?
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
INRI: Pilate's Revenge
The Crucifixion begins with the humiliation of Christ's enemies, and a civil declaration – even if intended as ironic – of his Kingship.
 • Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ
What Jesus really did for us in the Passion
It is in the Epistles that we find the fullest doctrine of what Our Lord accomplished in his Sacrifice.
Father Coleridge Reader
Father Coleridge Reader
Gospel-focused spiritual reading, based around the liturgical year and the life of Christ, by the English Catholic hero Fr Henry James Coleridge SJ.
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