{"id":70039,"date":"2026-03-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=70039"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:15:58","slug":"from-death-to-life-holy-week-liturgy-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/from-death-to-life-holy-week-liturgy-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From Death to Life: Holy Week Liturgy (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Editor, March 24, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prepare for Holy Week with liturgical theology and history!  In this two-part series, originally offered at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Fr. Marco Benini offers us an opportunity to prepare for the liturgies of Holy Week.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>part 2<\/strong>, experienced teacher and scholar Fr. Benini reflects on the liturgy of <strong>Easter Vigil<\/strong>, drawing on art and architecture as he connects liturgical history and theological meaning (along with a few funny stories [if you&#8217;re the kind of person who finds liturgical history lore amusing]!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Death to Life: Holy Week Liturgy, Part 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWDlSDIQu18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This lecture is posted with permission of the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.  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