A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy, by Father Terrance Klein
Easter
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Christianity is a religion of the body. The resurrection makes that clear.
A meditation for Easter
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Striking a chord: The debate on singing in the homily
“The idea of a preacher who sings as a part of their homily is part of many African American cultural traditions,” explains Kim Harris. “The songs carry so many of our stories, hopes, and beliefs, and what we’re thinking about and believing and preaching about.”
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Pope Francis, in Easter message, calls for ceasefire in Gaza and prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine
The pope called for specific, concrete, immediate steps that political leaders could take to end the wars and bring peace to the Holy Land and to Ukraine.
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Pope Francis at vigil: Easter marks the ‘rebirth of hope amid the ruins of failure’
“Let us lift our eyes to him and ask that the power of his resurrection may roll away the heavy stones that weigh down our souls,” the pope said in his homily on March 30.
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What Easter means in the Holy Land this year, in the middle of war
Easter will not be postponed this year. It will not wait until the war is over. It is precisely now, in our darkest hour, that resurrection finds us.
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Remembering Joanna, the forgotten witness to Christ’s resurrection
History has ignored Joanna, as it has most of the other women who followed Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem and provided for him and the Twelve “from their resources” (Lk 8:2-3).
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What the Good Friday Passion play means for Latino Catholics
For parishioners at Most Holy Trinity Church in Phoenix, Ariz., dramatizing Christ’s Passion on the Via Crucis is a way of passing on the faith.
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Easter Sunday starts in grief and silence
A Homily for Easter Sunday, by Father Terrance Klein
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Here’s what Pope Francis has planned for Holy Week
As Catholics around the world observe Holy Week, the hosts of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell, take a look at Pope Francis’ Holy Week plans.