Through to PentecostFather Robert M. O'Grady
Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Sundays ...
Behold the ManArchbishop Richard G. Henning
Chances are, we would have mocked Him. I am sure that we would prefer to believe that we would have seen through the lies, looked deeper than the appearances, and believed in Jesus. Maybe we imagine ...
Living a Life of GratitudeMaureen Crowley Heil
High in the mountains of the Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka sits the Silisiliya Tea Estate that employs most of the area's population. It is generational work. If your grandparents were tea-pickers, ...
New morningScott Hahn
The tomb was empty. In the early morning darkness of that first Easter, there was only confusion for Mary Magdalene and the other disciples. But as the daylight spread, they saw the dawning of a new creation. At ...
Easter and its datingMsgr. Liam Bergin
In 2025, Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 and will next happen in 2028. Both churches follow the same guiding ...
Scripture Reflection for April 20, 2025, the Resurrection of the LordFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3:1-4 OR 1 Cor 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-9 I often return to Charles Péguy at Easter. One of my favorite poets, his words remind me what it's all about. From ...
Elon Musk and the impossibleDr. R. Jared Staudt
"It's not possible." "Do it anyway." This is how I would summarize my recent reading of Elon Musk's biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon and Schuster, 2023). No matter what anyone thinks ...
Why do we need confession if Jesus' death cleansed us from our sins?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: How could Jesus' death "cleanse us from our sins" and "assure our entrance into heaven?" If that is the case, why do we need confession? A: First of all, since it pertains to some of the deepest ...
JP2, I still miss youJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Twenty years is a long time. But somehow, the death of Pope John Paul II isn't easy for me to place on a timeline. History is elastic when we don't read it in books. The events we remember can ...
Easter and its octaveFather Robert M. O'Grady
Easter Sunday is both the end and the beginning: the end of the Paschal Triduum and the beginning of the great 50 days of the Easter season. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and its celebration are so ...
