Echoes - A forum of Catholic thought. The Opinion section of thebostonpilot.com

April 18, 2025Faith

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 ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

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, ...

Culture & Events

Dr. King's visit to Boston and St. John's Seminary 60 years agoViolet Hurst

April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gathered ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

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 ...

Faith & Family

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 ...