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Easter
Convert looks forward with joy to Easter, says path to church has been ‘a joyous journey’
The “Elect” are the catechumens, who will be baptized, confirmed and receive the first Eucharist at Easter Vigil, April 8.
Communion under both kinds returns in Archdiocese of Baltimore
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will reinstitute the reception of Communion under both species on Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, April 6.
Holy Land patriarchs in Easter message place ‘ultimate hope only God’ amid increasing attacks on Christian sites
Just as early Christians were sustained by the words of St. Peter describing Jesus’ resurrection as offering a “new birth into a living hope,” so too should the Christians of the Holy Land today be encouraged and empowered by this knowledge as they face tumultuous times, when their own faith continues to be tested, said the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in their March 31 Easter message.
On the brink
The redemptive act of Christ, done in obedience to the Father’s saving will, embraced the full range our triumphs, tragedies and sins.
National Eucharistic Revival aims to form disciples on mission with new Easter series
The National Eucharistic Revival announced it will release what it called the “first-of-its-kind” mystagogy series of weekly catechetical reflections throughout the Easter season to “invite all Catholics deeper into the mysteries of Christ by reflecting on the truth, goodness and beauty of the Mass,” a news release on the series said.
Fully entering into the Triduum
God leaves the safety and glory of heaven, in a certain sense, and embraces the limitations of our human condition, coming to know in the flesh both the glory and tragedy of our nature without ever having sinned.
Temptation of power, money can obscure Easter joy, pope says
The allure of power and money can be used to proclaim falsehoods and obscure the joyous announcement of Christ’s victory over death, Pope Francis said.
Christ’s resurrection brings hope amid ‘Easter of war,’ pope says
The joy of Christ’s resurrection is needed now more than ever in a time when war in Ukraine and other parts of the world makes the hope for peace seem like an illusion, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
Never too old: Seniors over 90 welcomed into Catholic faith at Easter
After a period of instruction in the faith and guided by Kathy Schmitt, pastoral administrator at Oak Crest, Kenneth Davis was received into the Catholic Church earlier this year, receiving his first Communion Feb. 26 at the senior facility’s chapel.
Risen Christ brings peace to broken world, pope says at Easter Vigil
he joy of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead gives joy and strength to those who are called to bring peace, reconciliation and justice to the suffering and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said.
Ukraine’s Way of the Cross: Papal almoner prays at mass grave
Mass graves and the deceased still lying along the roadside became a kind of “Way of the Cross” where Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, and Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, stopped and prayed.