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Commentary

Haiku Highlights from Easter (7 Quick Takes)

April 10, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Sharing seven haiku written during the Octave of Easter

An Easter full of hope

April 7, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

As I set our table for dinner, I thought of all the people who were part of our celebration even though they weren’t physically with us.

What if Eucharist is stolen?/ Still mortal sin to miss Mass?

April 7, 2021
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions about what happens if the Eucharist is stolen and whether it is still a mortal sin to miss Ma

The Fourth Nail

April 6, 2021
By Father J. Collin Poston
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Dust and Dewfall, Easter

For Holy Week and the Easter Season, Father J. Collin Poston composed the following poem.

Victory over death

April 3, 2021
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Feature, Wit & Wisdom

None of us can pull ourselves out of the grave. But Jesus could. And so we put our faith in Him. Fear of death is normal. With human eyes we can only see a life ended.

A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks)

April 2, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

If you like limericks, this post is for you.

The finches’ first Easter

April 2, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window

This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us.

‘Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus’ makes Easter story accessible for children

April 1, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Easter, Feature, The Narthex

Parents looking to introduce their children to the Easter story in a loving, gentle way have a great resource in “Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus.”

Confusions about blessings

March 31, 2021
By Richard Doerflinger
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: A More Human Society, Commentary

The church cannot change its teaching for self-styled “liberals” or “conservatives,” as it must serve the designs of God found in Scripture and fully revealed by Christ.

The Easter explosion

March 31, 2021
By George Weigel
Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, The Catholic Difference

What happened on Easter Sunday was the most explosive experience in human history, shattering all previous expectations of human destiny.

Walking through Holy Week

March 30, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Easter, Open Window

We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see.

What will we sing in heaven?

March 30, 2021
By Dominican Father Vincent Ferrer Bagan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Divine Worship, Easter, Feature, Guest Commentary

If we allow the graces of the cross to take away all in our lives that is not of God, we will eventually be ready to celebrate the perpetual Easter of heaven, in which we will sing “Holy, holy, holy,” and “Glory to God in the highest,” and “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,” without end, rejoicing with all the angels and saints in God’s presence forever.

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