We are pleased to share this guest post by Michael Grant, currently in his final year at the Georgetown University Law Center. At Georgetown, Michael is the Senior Submissions Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. He is also involved in Home Court, an annual charity basketball game between Georgetown faculty and staff and members of Congress that raises money for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. After law school, Michael is planning to work as a litigation associate in New York City. Michael wrote this reflection for the Law and Religion Practicum taught by Professor ..read more

When Jenny and I honeymooned in Rome this summer, we stayed in a hotel about two blocks south of Piazza del Popolo. The (regrettably blurry) photo below is taken looking north-to-south in the Piazza. As you can tell from the photo, the center of the Piazza is marked by an obelisk. Known as the Flaminio Obelisk, this monument is of Egyptian origin. At the time of Christ, Rome had expanded into the territory of the old Egyptian empire. Around 10 BCE, Caesar Augustus ordered this obelisk moved from Egypt to Rome. He also ordered an inscription to be added in Latin at its base: Photo credit: htt ..read more

[Image: “Appearance Behind Locked Doors,” Panel from Maesta, Duccio di Buoninsegna] All the disciples deserted him and fled. Matthew 26:56 When it was evening on . . . the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. John 20:19 ******************** Where would you have been on Holy Saturday? Count me among the disciples–hiding in fear and wondering (or dreading) what comes next. It’s impossible to appreciate fully what Holy Week must have been like for Jesus’s closest followers, but I find mys ..read more