Our lives are a series of little Good Fridays, Holy Saturdays and Easter Sundays.
Easter
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
How Leonardo da Vinci painted us all into ‘The Last Supper’
We are all part faithful, part faithless.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
No Holy Week observance planned in war-torn Philippine city
Bishop Edwin de la Pena of Marawi assured Catholics in the region that other parishes not affected by the fighting will continue their ministries.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Eastern Orthodox’s ‘Forgiveness Sunday’ could save us from our Facebook feeds
On Forgiveness Sunday, we look for the best in the one we forgive and seek to give a charitable interpretation of the other’s intent.
Posted inFaith, Features
The remarkable life of the Easter lily and the farmers who make it happen
The Easter lily has its own remarkable story of persistence.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How can Easter remind us of our true relationship with Jesus?
As followers of Jesus, we believe, as do a long line of his followers, that he rose from the dead on that first Easter Sunday.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Infographic: Easter Data Basket
Easter is second only to Christmas in Mass attendance—and in a tight race with Halloween in candy consumption.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Fear makes life harder. But faith makes freedom possible.
Bernice was smiling because she was free. Her horizon, which was her hope, was not her bed, or the ward, or the hospital—not even this world. Bernice’s eyes were fixed on the hope of heaven.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What happens when we die?
The resurrection of the dead—along with the transformation of the world—is the goal of all history. And this fulfillment already has a beginning in Jesus’ resurrection.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Jesus is risen. And so are our glasses.
He is risen! And so are our pint glasses, now that Lent is over. This week, we chat with Andy Otto, author of the new book God Moments: Unexpected Encounters in the Ordinary and author of the blog godinallthings.com. Who gets to be an expert on Ignatian spirituality? What are “God moments?” And how can […]