With the incense burned from the newly blessed fire, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, incenses the “Stone of Anointing,” located at the entrance of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, where, according to tradition, the body of Jesus was anointed and prepared with aromatic oils for burial. March 30, 2024. / Credit:…
We have looked at the Epistle Reading for Easter Sunday in the past offerings of this column. However, because of present developments in the modern Church, it bears both reviewing and extending. As always, we need contexts. I like to think of the contraption used during eye examinations, the one with various lenses that get…
Pope Francis gives his urbi et orbi Easter blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 09:15 am (CNA). On the morning of Easter Sunday 2024, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before delivering his urbi et…
Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 08:15 am (CNA). 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…
Pope Francis gives his urbi et orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Mar 31, 2024 / 08:45 am (CNA). In his Easter Sunday blessing, Pope Francis asked the risen Lord to open paths of peace in the Holy Land,…
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null / Credit: udra11/Shutterstock National Catholic Register, Mar 31, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Easter Sunday begins the Easter season. The 50-day Eastertide, running to Pentecost, is the longest season on the Church calendar (not counting Ordinary Time). Everything starts with the joyous celebrations of Easter Sunday and the Easter Octave to Divine Mercy Sunday….
“This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us be glad and rejoice therein” (Roman Breviary). This is the most excellent day, the happiest day in the whole year, because it is the day when “Christ, our Pasch, has been sacrificed.” Christmas, too, is a joyous feast, but whereas Christmas vibrates with a…
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