All posts tagged resurrection
The Bread of Life
The four gospels say that Jesus fed a crowd of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying a few loaves of bread and some fish. It’s one of his …
Give Us A Church That Is Bold
The Risen Jesus encourages us to be bold. At the Last Supper Jesus said to his confused and uncertain disciples, “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me …
Fearful, Yet Rejoicing
Mary Magdalen and the other Mary left the tomb “fearful, yet overjoyed.” That phrase in today’s Gospel encapsulates for me a quality I find pervading the Easter liturgies. The Exultet …
Easter Vigil
In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians he writes,’I handed on to you as of first importance what I myself received, that Christ died for our sin in accordance with …
Is Holy Saturday Sad and Solemn?
There is no Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday until the Vigil anticipating the Resurrection. We are left with the last words of John Passion narrative describing the burial of Jesus …
Good Friday: Go Into His Open Side
We celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, using the simplest of signs. On Holy Thursday Jesus, kneeling before his disciples, …
Pray for a Prophet like Jeremiah!
Tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI will retire. Soon his successor will be elected. People are questioning what stance the new Pope will take on issues ranging from the absurd to the …
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