Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Joseph Ratzinger was born on Holy Saturday in 1927. How fitting that he should be a child of the Paschal Triduum…..

The long Holy Saturday life of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger will mark a final milestone this April 16. Unless he lives until 106, his 95th birthday will be the last time his calendar birthday and his liturgical birthday coincide. Ratzinger was born in the early hours of Holy Saturday 1927. The practice at the time was to celebrate the Easter vigil in the morning…