Sunday, April 14, is the Third Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48. In this Gospel, we see how the Lord confirms his resurrection ...

(RNS) — For early Christians, standing was a sign of freedom and Easter joy, because we stand with the risen Lord. Kneeling was seen as a sign of penance. (RNS) — In the United States, Catholics kneel ...

The liturgy of this holy day invites us to recognize that the Risen Lord meets us in the ordinary moments of our lives and ...

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These Easter prayers are just what you and your family need to hear during Holy week. Read and recite the blessings to ...

The Risen Christ stands in our midst. He has conquered the kingdom of sin and death. The Resurrection of the Lord stops the momentum of evil and leads us to glory unto glory. The accounts given in the ...

In the opening lines of the Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of his Gospel, Luke describes the disciples' 50-day period of learning the meaning of the Resurrection. For 40 of those days, the ...

Today, Christians throughout the world proclaim, “The Lord is Risen from the dead! Alleluia! He is truly risen!” Such exclamations declare the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Resurrection of the ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Easter was a time of mourning for several families in Botswana, when 45 worshippers died. The members of the Zion Christian Church from Botswana were headed for their headquarters ...

Watching the stone seal Jesus’s tomb must have been devastating to those who believed in Him. In that moment, who among them could believe Jesus’s prediction that he would overcome the grave? Lately, ...