Venerable Fulton Sheen once wrote, “Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.” None of us can understand the joy of Easter without the suffering of the passion. John’s Gospel tells us, “Standing by the
As Matthew tells us in his gospel, at Christ’s death, “The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered
Mike Aquilina explores how St. John Chrysostom is often considered an Easter saint for his preaching that led to the saint’s own Palm Sunday and Good Friday. St. John Chrysostom’s Easter glory continues in our own time, as his words of his
Since the early Church, baptism has been essential to the life of believers. St. Paul underwent baptism despite having had a miraculous conversion on the road to Damascus. Baptism means death to sin, once symbolized by immersion in a river, with its
Malta is one of the best places to visit during Easter. There, you can be a participant — not just a spectator. Every parish organizes events according to local customs, and visitors take part in ancient traditions — some of them as
A reader is wondering: “The Easter Gospel mentions the burial cloths that John and Peter found in the empty tomb. The passage makes a point that the cloth around Jesus’ head was separate from the rest. The Shroud of Turin seems to
For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Father Joshua Whitfield explains that when we are fearful, troubled or worried, we need to have faith. Easter makes it more believable. Faith in the Lord’s resurrection and hope in ours is what gives us strength
Columnist David Mills explores two realities of ourselves that come into better focus during the Easter season. The first is that we’re sinners who sent Jesus to the cross on Good Friday. The second, however, is that Christ loves us so much
During Lent, many Catholics take up the prayer practice of spiritual reading. Now that we have entered into the Easter season, why stop? Spiritual reading is a crucial part of the Catholic experience that should not be relegated to a season of
Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter in the Holy Land with another year of Holy Fire restrictions
Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem's Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient Eastern rite ceremony of the Holy Fire April 15, with some scuffles reported as Israeli police restricted the number of