Easter

Learning From the Jewish Easter

by R. R. Reno

God’s deliverance of his people from the dominion of Pharaoh is a raising of Israel from the dead. Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2020

St. Augustine's Journey to Easter

by C. C. Pecknold

St. Augustine sheds light on how we might overcome the obstacles blocking our way to Calvary. Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2020

Faith and Love in Tandem

by Kevin Martin

Now is the time to be strong in faith and love—especially the love for our neighbor. Continue Reading »

8 Apr 2020

Embracing the Kind of Redeemer God Appointed

by George Weigel

Western culture tends to forget that suffering is an irreducible part of the human condition. Continue Reading »

8 Apr 2020

Easter Without Mass?

by Douglas Farrow

I have yet to learn how asking everyone to remain at home at Easter is an extraordinary measure proper to the Church. Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2020

Meditating on COVID-19

by Hans Boersma

Does our collective preoccupation with the coronavirus get in the way of our ecclesial calling to meditate upon Jesus’s passion? Continue Reading »

2 Apr 2020

Prime At dawn, the shapes of cypresses in fogwere fingers pointing up from graves, as if what’s bornmight rouse the dead into an epilogueof mist that lifted, leaving swatches in whitethorn. Terce My breath’s the ectoplasm of a ghostin ringing air. The local churches callthe faithful while I mark . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Easter Vigil

by Mary-Patrice Woehling

You’re rising somewhere in the April nightAgain, as ever with returning spring.Your tomb will be found empty at first light Again. The dead cells of Your corpse igniteAnd flame to life; the spheres of Heaven ring.You’re rising somewhere in the April night To glory. For a moment all is right;The . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020