TV Picks 04.05.15
SUNDAY, April 5, live
Easter Sunday
EWTN At 4am, Pope Francis will celebrate the Solemn Mass of Easter Sunday (re-airs at 7pm). At 6am, the Holy Father will give the traditional papal Urbi et Orbi Message and Blessing (“To the city of Rome and to the world”) (re-airs at 6pm). At 8am, the Franciscan Fathers of the Eternal Word will celebrate the Solemn Mass of Easter Sunday in Irondale, Ala. At noon will be Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. At 4pm, in Savoring Our Faith: Easter Special, Father Leo Patalinghug offers lessons from Scripture as he prepares an Easter dinner.
SUNDAY, April 5, all day
Films for Easter
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES Today’s films that portray Jesus’ passion and resurrection include, at 7am, Barabbas (1962; A-II, PG); at 9:30am, Ben-Hur (1959; A-II, PG); at 4:30pm, The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965; A-I, G); and at midnight, King of Kings (1927, silent; G).
SUNDAY, April 5, 7pm
The Ten Commandments
ABC This epic from 1956, producer-director Cecil B. DeMille’s last film, is based on the Old Testament’s Book of Exodus and its accounts of Moses’ life, the first Passover and the Hebrews’ deliverance from Egypt.
MONDAY-FRIDAY, April 6-10, 3am, 6:30pm
The God of Mercy
EWTN Father Bala Udumala (Udumala Bala Showreddy, now bishop of Warangal, India) explains Jesus’ revelations to St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) about his infinite mercy.
WEDNESDAYS, April 8, 15, 22, 8pm
Nature: Animal Homes
PBS On April 8, “The Nest” spotlights birds of many varieties building their homes. On April 15, “Location, Location, Location” follows beavers, tortoises and wood rats. On April 22, “Animal Cities” features spiders, ants and more birds.
SUNDAY, April 12, all day
Divine Mercy Sunday
EWTN At 10:30am, live, will be the Divine Mercy Celebration from Vilnius, Lithuania, with Archbishop Gintaras Grušas saying Mass. At noon, live, in the Divine Mercy Preview Show, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception ready their celebration. At 1pm, live, will be the Mass and Celebration of Divine Mercy from Stockbridge, Mass. At 4pm, live, will be the Divine Mercy Holy Hour from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Ala. At 5:30pm, in Feasts and Seasons, Joanna Bogle discusses St. Faustina and prepares Pope St. John Paul II’s favorite Polish pastry.
Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.
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- April 5-18, 2015
