Easter

God’s work of salvation continues as His Body on earth — His disciples, you and I —  do good works, evangelize, and pray that all souls turn to Jesus for redemption.

Why is Easter, unlike Christmas, a “moveable feast,” a date that changes year-to-year, and how is the date determined? The answer involves tradition, and requires a lesson in the rich, sometimes turbulent, but always fascinating history of the Catholic Church. 

What is the Paschal Triduum, April 2, 3, and 4, and what does it mean? Brother Stephen Camara, MIC, explains that to participate in the Church’s full celebration of the Paschal Mystery is one of the best ways to celebrate Easter.

Palm Sunday, March 29, and Good Friday, April 3, are bookends of the spiritual life in a lot of ways. Let us welcome our King, the Son of David, with hosannas. Let us lay our palms beneath the feet of His mount, and never forget that the palm is an ancient symbol of martyrdom.

If all Marian devotion culminates in imitation of Mary, says Br. Jacob, MIC, then we could also say that all imitation of Mary culminates in imitating her standing at the foot of the Cross.

Lent is a time to prepare for Easter, yes, and to remember what it was like before Christ had accomplished the Paschal Mystery — and yet our preparation occurs in the time of mercy, in the days of grace that follow the Incarnation.

 Part 7: In this seventh entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows that the sorrows of the Heart of Jesus are only half the story. The other half is something we all too often overlook: the joys of the Sacred Heart.