EASTER EGG BLESSING   Catholic Easter Resources Related content: 7 Easter Traditions To Celebrate All Seven Weeks Of Easter 3 Ways To Celebrate The Easter Octave If You’ve Never Been To Easter Vigil Mass, Here’s Why You Need To Go The Beautiful History Of Easter…From a Child’s Perspective Seeking Easter Joy 7 Ways To Remind […]

In Holy Week, the Catholic Church invites us to experience the most critical moments in history. In the business of daily life, the repetitive nature of the liturgical calendar, and the extended season of Lent, it’s easy to miss the power of these days. If you are looking for ideas on how to bring this […]

Lent is less than a week away. Doesn’t it feel like we just finished taking all the Christmas decorations down? Now it’s already time to start preparing spiritually for the 40 days of Lent. It is important to set aside some time to pray, discern, and listen in order to understand what is it that […]

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    THE STATIONS OF THE LIGHT FIRST STATION: Jesus rises from the dead. (Mt 28:5-6) SECOND STATION:  The women find the empty tomb. (Mt 28:1-6) THIRD STATION: The risen Lord appears to Mary Magdalene. (Jn 20:16) FORTH STATION: Mary Magdalene proclaims the Resurrection to the apostles. (Jn 20:18) FIFTH STATION: The risen Lord appears […]

    “Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered.” -Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Related content: You Must Lose Your Life In Order To Embrace Resurrection Stations Of The Resurrection (Via Lucis) […]

Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! The stone is rolled away. The tomb where Christ once laid is empty. Death did not hold Him. He conquered death and restored life. Jesus, Our Redeemer, brings us life, love, and hope won for us all through His passion, death, and resurrection. This year, in these unprecedented […]

I would like to offer a few songs to listen to during Holy Week, the Triduum, and Easter. I tried to incorporate some Byzantine Catholic chant from the Divine Liturgy or the Divine Office as well.  PALM SUNDAY Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (Latin Rite) Gregorian Chant – Latin: Hosanna Filio David […]

I have a healthy fear of the coronavirus but one worry is growing more steadily with every newly canceled event: what’s going to happen during Holy Week?  Like many Catholics, Holy Week, and the Triduum, in particular, is my yearly retreat from the rest of the world. The worry that some or all services could […]

It is a little child with tears in its eyes looking up at Daddy and weeping, “Why?” This is not merely the philosophers’ “why?” Not only does it add the emotion of tears but also it is asked in the context of relationship. It is a question put to the Father, not a question asked […]