Author Archives: Thomas Griffin

Thomas Griffin 4/5/23 Follow The ETP Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Scholars have reported that crucifixion is likely the most painful torture method that humanity has ever inflicted on its fellow human beings. The Gospels actually give little details concerning what it looked like because the process was so well-known to ancient peopleContinue reading “What Did Jesus’ Suffering Look Like?”

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Matthew Chicavich 3/27/23 Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” The Gospel of John paints the picture of the encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman (John 4:4-42). Scripture tells us that as Jesus left Judea he passed through Samaria on his way to Galilee. He came to a town called Sychar andContinue reading “Encounters at the Well”

Thomas Griffin 3/25/23 (For SpiritualDirection.com) Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” The Christian faith is built upon the admission that the human heart is in need of renewal – that we need to turn more to God. This admission is absolutely pivotal for Christianity to make sense and have a practical impactContinue reading “The Renewal of the Annunciation”

Thomas Griffin 3/24/23 (For The Federalist) Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” March 25 marks the date that the Catholic Church and many other Christians commemorate the Annunciation of Mary. This is when we recognize the momentous moment Mary accepted the invitation from the angel Gabriel to become the mother of God.Continue reading “Four Lessons Our Culture Can Learn from Mary”

Thomas Griffin 3/22/23 Follow The Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” What are the things and people that we would make the ultimate sacrifice for? Who resides at the center ofContinue reading “Die Before You Die”

Theresa Marino 3/20/23 Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Against the backdrop of modern popular thought which holds the elimination of suffering above most other ideals, the ancient ascetic practices of Lent proposed by the Catholic Church seem to many as antiquated at best and masochistic at worst. The Church’s reminder toContinue reading “Grasping Reality This Lent”

Thomas Griffin 3/19/23 Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” We do not have a tremendous amount of details about the step-father of Jesus, and he actually never speaks a word in the Scriptures. However, one description that best encapsulates his life is this: Joseph was a “righteous man” (Mt 1:19).  This termContinue reading “Learning From St. Joseph”

Thomas Griffin 3/18/23 Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Check out the interview about the importance of remembering the real St. Patrick in America today with Thomas Griffin on the Vince Coglianese Show! Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where heContinue reading “God, America and St. Patrick”

Thomas Griffin 3/17/23 (For The Federalist) Follow My Blog Read “Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine” Excerpt: “Few Catholic Saints have been woven into the fabric of American culture like St. Patrick. In some ways, his importance and reasons for sainthood have been domesticated, but by remembering and rediscovering the hallmark saint we can aid theContinue reading “Celebrate the Real St. Patrick”