When reflecting on the life, death and resurrection of the Lord while living in a state of military invasion and active war, “everything becomes more authentic,” and “God ceases to be just a concept,” says Andriy Zelinskyy, S.J. “He really becomes a source of life and all hope for you and for those who are around you.”
Easter
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A Preacher’s Guide to Holy Week: These are long liturgies. Be brief!
The “Preach” team sought the expertise of two esteemed liturgical scholars and practitioners, Kim Harris and John Baldovin, S.J., to give preachers a whistle-stop tour of the readings and liturgies for this sacred week.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
We know what the resurrection did to Jesus. But what has it done to us?
When we listen to the resurrection stories during the Easter season, we often focus on what happened to Jesus. But it’s probably more important to look at what the resurrection does to the disciples.
Posted inFaith, Music
A New Serenity Prayer by Father James Martin and Terre Roche
Enjoy this Easter music video featuring James Martin, S.J., and Terre Roche of the Roches, based on “A New Serenity Prayer.”
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ Easter Message: The international community must strive to end the war in Ukraine
He asked Christ to help the international community “to make haste to surmount our conflicts and divisions, to open our hearts to those in greatest need” and “to pursue paths of peace and fraternity.”
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis’ Easter Vigil homily 2023: The women at Easter bring the news that will change life and history forever
This is what the Pasch of the Lord accomplishes: it motivates us to move forward, to leave behind our sense of defeat, to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope, and to look with confidence to the future.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ we see the dark, demonic twin of Jesus’ Passion
In these Lenten and Easter days in which the church celebrates a man whose divinity was revealed in his willingness to sacrifice everything for love, consider “Sweeney Todd” to be that story’s dark, demonic twin.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why the Last Supper is history’s most ironic moment
If irony is the opposite of what one might expect, then nothing is more ironic than God.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The grace of going through confirmation in college
Many young Catholics I know were compelled to be confirmed by family members who felt the sacrament was important. My situation was the opposite—I was confirmed of my own volition.
Posted inFaith, The Word
Rejoicing in Easter’s happy contradictions
April 9, 2023, the Resurrection of the Lord: Today’s celebration is not just a challenge to increase in faith, but also a wake-up call not to pass away with the things of the earth.