Tag: Resurrection

The Darkest Day

One of his closest associates had betrayed him. One of his closest friends had denied him. The others abandoned him in his darkest hour. Later they would stand watching, helpless and afraid, as he was raised on the cross. He knew what was coming. He knew what they would do to him. Still, he chose …

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The Tomb Where it Happened

“But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.” – Geoffrey Chaucer On this day in 1387, Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book’s pilgrimage …

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