Why Does Jesus Vanish at Emmaus?
COMMENTARY: The Road to Emmaus helps us to recognize the Risen Lord as present in the Eucharist.
Results from Tag: 'resurrection'
The Risen Jesus Calls You by Name
COMMENTARY: The Easter season invites us to contemplate the risen Christ and encounter him personally in prayer each day.
Easter Sunday: We Too Are Witnesses to the Resurrection
The Gospel from Matthew features Jesus’ appearance to the women early on Easter morning, while the one from John’s Gospel features the examination of the empty tomb.
Death Is Not The End
If it is ‘certain that we shall not be here for long,’ as Blaise Pascal says, ‘and uncertain whether we shall be here even one hour,’ then what lies beyond death matters more than anything else.
Literature Wakes to the Light of Easter Season
J.R.R. Tolkien called it “eucatastrophe” — the sudden turn to joy. It’s a pattern echoed in the best of literature and fulfilled in Christ’s rising from the dead.
After the Death of My Husband Mark, Solace Comes From Faith and Hope in Jesus
Every loss of a loved one brings pain and sadness, but through our faith in Jesus Christ comes the hope to one day be reunited and the strength to continue on.
Here’s Why I Don’t Wipe Off the Ashes
Yes, we will return to dust — but then God will reshape us into new, more perfect beings in the next life.
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Things of This World and the Next
SCRIPTURES & ART: Today’s readings affirm two major truths: that there is life after death and there is a resurrection of the dead
The Fire of Heraclitus and the Flame of Christ’s Love
‘Christ’s Resurrection is … a transcendent intervention of God himself in creation and history.’ (CCC 648)
He Is Risen!
“The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ.” (CCC 638)
