The church, in its wisdom, gives us a whole liturgical season to celebrate Easter.
Easter
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Interfaith groups in Indiana gather in prayer as response to Sri Lanka attacks
The “Solidarity Vigil and Interfaith Prayer” event, co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis-based Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the Muslim Alliance of Indiana, drew leaders in the city of the Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish and Muslim communities.
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Catholic Church urges more vigorous crackdown on Sri Lankan militants
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka urged the government on Monday to crack down on Islamic extremists with more vigor “as if on war footing” in the aftermath of the Easter bombings.
Posted inExamen, Faith
Like Thomas, all of us want physical proof of God’s presence in our lives
God is being revealed to us every moment of the day. And so all these moments should make us say what Thomas says to Jesus, when we realize who it is who is speaking to us: “My Lord and My God!”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: British painter Jenny Saville finds truth in flesh
If there is a single artist working today who truly gets flesh, it is Jenny Saville.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
What Happened Then
Strange meeting this, the holes there
in his hands and feet and heart.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The ‘literal flesh-and-blood’ resurrection is the heart of my faith
I believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first Easter Sunday. And I do not see that as any sort of parable or metaphor.
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I didn’t need a degree in theology to convert. Being Catholic just felt right.
Most converts I know have an elevator speech on why they became Catholic. My Catholicism just sort of “happened.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
“Do not bury hope,” says Pope Francis at Easter Vigil
Pope Francis called on Christians not to give into a “tomb psychology,” and quoted the American poet Emily Dickinson, who wrote “We never know how high we are/Till we are called to rise.”
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What Rome’s station churches teach us about Easter
The liturgies of Lent and Easter, like the churches themselves, are built upon the conviction that the resurrection changes everything.