A reader asks why we say in the Nicene Creed that Jesus rose on the third day when he wasn’t in the tomb for three full days. Monsignor Charles Pope answers this question in his ...
In the ninth article in his series on the Gospel of Matthew, Anthony Pagliarini explains what Jesus means by the return of the Son of Man. In three passages of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus says something ...
The heart of the Christian life really is the willingness to conform ourselves to Christ's way -- that is, to let the paschal mystery work itself out in us, not only individually, but also in ...
A reader asks: “There is a passage in Matthew’s Gospel that says something quite astonishing, but I almost never hear it explained or preached. It says that when Jesus died on the cross, ‘the bodies ...
In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez talks about the shelter-in-place quarantine in most of America and how we are given opportunities to appreciate the little things in life. Just as ...
In the Opening the Word for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, Timothy P. O’Malley writes that after the drama of the Passion, we’d expect more from a Resurrection narrative than just the mention ...
A reader asks monsignor Pope, Is it proper for the priest who is celebrating Mass to leave the sanctuary and sit in the congregation to listen to the homily when it is delivered by a ...
To deny the physical resurrection of Christ is to deny centuries of Christian tradition and Scripture
Question: A skeptical friend told me that the Gospels do not agree on the date of Passover and that three Gospels say Holy Thursday was a Passover meal and one Gospel says it wasn’t. Is ...
Christ has risen from the dead and invites us to step into the hope of the Resurrection this Easter season
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