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What Does Belief in the Resurrection Look Like?

April 3, 2024

I believe all kinds of things: I believe E = mc2 (though I do not understand it); I believe warm weather will finally come to South Bend (eventually); I believed my GPS yesterday as it brought me to this doorstep; and so forth. But surely

“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

March 31, 2024

Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Introduction to Christianity (2nd edition) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press, 1990, 2004; pp. 301-10). To the Christian, faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an expression of certainty that the saying that seems to be only a beautiful dream

The Resurrection and the Meaning of Life

March 31, 2024

If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Pope Francis Celebrates Easter 2024: ‘Jesus Christ Is Risen’

March 31, 2024

Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday 2024 before giving the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing in the presence of approximately 60,000 people. On a warm and windy Easter Sunday at the Vatican, Pope Francis proclaimed: “Jesus Christ is risen! He

Fulton Sheen on the True Meaning of Easter

March 31, 2024

In his inimitable style, Archbishop Fulton Sheen shed light on an essential part of Easter’s meaning during his early radio shows and then his television series. During his The Catholic Hour radio show on April 5, 1942, he focused on “The Resurrection.” “Friends,” he began, “celebrating Easter

Easter Sunday: Day of Deliverance and Victory

March 31, 2024

Today’s Gospel describes an absence that confounds the disciples, preparing them for the Presence their hearts desire. Gospel (Read Jn 20:1-9) On Palm Sunday, the narrative of our Lord’s Passion ended with these words: “Then they rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb”

He Suffered Under Pontius Pilate

March 29, 2024

The birds of Jerusalem welcomed brother sun’s rise with morning songs. The shadow cast by the Second Temple pointed westward toward the governor’s palace. It was westward, toward the palace, that the mob led by chief priests and elders and learned men made their way.

The Work of the Cross

March 29, 2024

For the Son of God to become man means that it was actually the person of the Son (in his esse personale) who was truly the experiencing and acting subject within his human existence as man. The subjective identity of the man Jesus, who this man was, was God

Good Friday’s Silence Speaks

March 29, 2024

Silence speaks. On a first date, long periods of silence, say, “This is not going well. Why is this human being so painfully boring?” On a hike through a gorgeous mountain pass, silence bespeaks wonder at the created universe. At a funeral, silence signifies the

The Cross Must Be Deeply Ugly to Be Beautiful

March 29, 2024

I first venerated the cross when I was attending a high-school model UN conference that had been accidentally scheduled during Holy Week. The conference was held in New York City near Times Square, and the neighboring church was the Anglo-Catholic Church of St. Mary the