On “Preach,” Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.
Easter
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Absence and true love on the feast of the Ascension
In the Resurrection and Ascension, love moves, changes, transforms and even becomes unrecognizable from how it began––just like Jesus in his newly resurrected body. But love never leaves.
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The Easter Season is almost over. Are you still celebrating?
Catholics should remember to build upon the growth we’ve experienced in Lent, both humanly and spiritually, throughout the Easter season
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At the water’s edge: A chaplain to fishermen and seafarers preaches the risen Christ
Deacon Marlowe Sabater, minister to seafarers and port workers, reflects on the Gospel story of the risen Christ meeting his disciples on the shore—and connects it to those who work and live at sea today.
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When all feels lost, see what God is doing in the Acts of the Apostles
Joining host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., on this episode of “Preach” ahead of the Second Sunday of Easter, Casey Stanton argues that the Acts of the Apostles are “a way to recover something that feels lost right now: a common life together.”
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Pope Francis appears to crowds on Easter Sunday after brief meeting with JD Vance
Just halfway through his period of convalescence, Pope Francis not only appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday to give the Urbi et Orbi blessing—to the city of Rome (“urbi”) and to the world (“orbi”)—but he also drove among the crowd in his jeep.
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How Greg Boyle, S.J., preaches Easter joy to incarcerated people
Especially when preaching to young people who are stressed, traumatized or incarcerated, Father Greg Boyle has learned: If you’re not telling stories, they’re not listening.
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What performing in a silent Stations of the Cross play taught me about slowing down
Lent, as a season of penance and preparation, served as the perfect time to push myself out of my spiritual and physical comfort zone––both for my own sake and for those coming to the performance.
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‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ is the perfect film for Holy Week
Martyrdom finds perhaps its most powerful cinematic expression in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928), a classic of the silent film era and widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.
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Every human wants to fly. Easter teaches us how.
A Homily for the Mass of Easter Day, by Father Terrance Klein