In her recent Taking Note column, Kathryn Jean Lopez relates the paschal joy she is feeling this Easter season. Facing the darkness of the culture, she wrote, “We are called to be living monstrances in ...
NEW YORK (CNS) — On Easter last year, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan looked out on an empty St. Patrick’s Cathedral amid the pandemic and thought, “Oh my God, I don’t mind an empty ...
As we begin the Easter season, in his latest column, Dr. Gregory Popcak explores how we can meditate upon Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection to help us shape the response to the suffering in our ...
In Easter messages, two Catholic patriarchs criticized the situation in Lebanon and urged the faithful to cling to the hope of the Resurrection despite the prevailing darkness. One of the patriarchs also visited Syria, where ...
The Easter season, which lasts until Pentecost, is a time for rejoicing and for always seeking out the risen Christ, Pope Francis said. "To find Christ means to discover peace of heart," he said April 5 ...
The Easter liturgies -- with the fire, sharing of light from the paschal candle, the renewal of baptismal promises and the proclamation that Jesus has risen -- assure people that it is never too late ...
We usually see Easter as a time of joy. Christ is risen! Let us rejoice! However, the Gospels show us that Our Lord’s followers woke up on Easter morning with overwhelming grief. Something horrible, beyond ...
The University of Mary's Marek Dojs sees a lot of symbolism in decorating Easter eggs in the Pysanky Slavic style, and as he teaches his students the ancient folk art, he ties in its spiritual ...
Assistant Editor Ava Lalor shares how as the liturgical calendar transitioned from Lent into Easter, she had a hard time feeling ready to celebrate the season of resurrection. She writes: “Last Lent was very — ...
In preparing us to celebrate Easter, Timothy O’Malley takes a line from Peter in Acts, saying, “You know what happened all over Judea.” But O’Malley goes deeper, writing of a notional assent. A notional assent ...
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