Celebrating Easter for the entire 50-day season

All of the Easter eggs will be found and the chocolate eaten long before the Easter season ends at Pentecost, this year on June 8.

Pope on Easter: Jesus' resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in his Easter message.

Pope prays people will experience, share Easter joy

Like the women disciples who discovered Jesus had risen from the dead and ran to tell the others, Christians should be filled with such joy at Easter that they cannot help sharing it with others, Pope Francis said.

On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide

Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone "has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life" and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said.

Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife

On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ's resurrection to be "the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped."

Empty spaces

It’s always struck me as odd that we begin Easter, the feast of the Resurrection, the most significant holy day of the Christian calendar, with an empty space.

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.

Easter: Our homecoming

It is quite remarkable that none of the stories of the resurrection of Jesus actually recount his coming out of the tomb and how he was raised by God from the dead. Instead, all the accounts are about what happened to his disciples. This was an event that created in them a sense of belonging and the awareness that instead of living for themselves, they were being called to a mission that would change the course of history.

Bishop Casey, Sisters of St. Joseph remember National Guard during Easter Mass

Bishop Robert Casey and the Sisters of St. Joseph at remembered National Guard during Easter Mass on April 4, 2021.

Alleluia, he is risen

Alleluia, he is risen indeed. That’s the traditional greeting for the Easter season, one that expresses the joy of the resurrection and what it means for our salvation.
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