TV Picks 05.10.2009

DAILY, 3 p.m.

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy

CATHOLICTV Jesus told St. Faustina Kowalska in 1935, “Say unceasingly this chaplet I have taught you. Anyone who says it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as the last hope. Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this chaplet even once, will receive grace from my infinite mercy.”


SUNDAY, 5 p.m.

The Colorado: River of

Wonders

TRAVEL CHANNEL Six scenic national parks dot the Colorado River’s 1,400 miles. Re-airs Wednesday 7 p.m., and Thursday 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.


SUNDAY-FRIDAY, live

Pope Benedict XVI in the Holy Land

EWTN At 3 a.m. Sunday, the Holy Father will say Mass in Amman, Jordan. At 10:30, he will visit the site of the Lord’s baptism. On Monday, he will leave Jordan at 3 a.m. and arrive in Tel Aviv at 4 a.m. At 9 a.m. Monday, he will visit Israel’s president. At 10:30 a.m., he will visit the Yad Vashem memorial and hold an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem.

At 2 a.m. Tuesday, the Pope will visit the Dome of the Rock, visit the Western Wall, pray in the Upper Room, and visit the co-cathedral of the Latins. At 9:30 a.m., he will say Mass in the Josaphat Valley. At 2 a.m. Wednesday, he will speak in Bethlehem and say Mass. At 8:30 a.m., he will visit the Grotto of the Nativity and the Caritas Baby Hospital, speak in the Aida Refugee Camp, and visit the Palestine National Authority’s president.

At 3 a.m. Thursday, Pope Benedict will celebrate Mass in Nazareth. At 8:45 a.m., he will meet with Israel’s prime minister, greet religious leaders, and pray in the Grotto of the Annunciation. At 2:15 a.m. Friday, he will attend an ecumenical meeting and visit the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of St. James. At 6:30 a.m., he will leave for Rome.


MONDAY, 7 p.m.

Modern Marvels: Harvesting

HISTORY This show outlines advances in bringing in the harvest, from ancient times to today. Advisory: TV-PG.


TUESDAY, 9 p.m.

Frontline: The Madoff Affair

PBS Bernard Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty to 11 counts of defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme that involved tens of billions of dollars.


THURSDAY, 9 p.m., 10 p.m.

Naked Science

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL Two episodes chart the Hubble space telescope’s history and its greatest discoveries.


SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m., live

The Preakness Stakes

NBC Post time will be around 6:15 p.m. for the 134th running of this history-packed horse race at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore.

Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis