Tag: Resurrection
Mark Shea: Models of the Church: John and the Church of...
This is Part 4 of Mark Shea's series on Models of the Church
There’s a little joke about Peter and John running to the tomb. ...
Jesus overcomes every darkness, Archbishop tells those celebrating Easter
Come out of the tomb with me, Jesus says to all humanity today, Rise up to everlasting life and love!,” the Archbishop reminded worshippers on Easter Sunday morning.
George Weigel: All changes in an explosion of light
Let me adapt to recent circumstances a thought-experiment theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar proposed decades ago:
Imagine that a friend contracts a severe case of...
Simcha Fisher: Death is always close, but so is the One...
After my mother’s funeral, I drove home and took off my wet, muddy clothes, and found that I could barely move.
My flesh had turned...
Simcha Fisher: Words about death
We buried my father this month. He and my mother had bought plain Trappist coffins for themselves years ago, to spare us children the...
Pope Francis calls for a ‘contagion’ of Easter hope
"Indifference, self-centeredness, division and forgetfulness are not words we want to hear at this time," he said. Yet, "they seem to prevail when fear and death overwhelm us, that is, when we do not let the Lord Jesus triumph in our hearts and lives
Despite crisis, Christ’s resurrection overcomes all, says Archbishop at Easter
Offer this Easter celebration of the Holy Eucharist and your hunger for it, for the safety of your loved ones, yourselves and our world at this time. God is not limited by our separation
Karl Schmude: The Easter yearning
Easter is an uncomfortable feast. Unlike Christmas, it dwells on death rather than life. While it finally celebrates the triumph of life over death,...
