3 Ways to Maintain Joy Throughout the Easter Season
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I began to suffer a deep depression, unlike anything I had known previously. I’m a professor, and during…
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How Becoming a Mother Helped Me See Easter in a New Light
“Then the [women] went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed.” (Matthew 28:8) “Fearful yet overjoyed”? Aren’t those emotions opposites? Reading this passage from…
Easter Is Not Over
The tomb is empty. The stone has been rolled away. Jesus is not there. A vacant grave appears in the dim light of morning. This…
More Than a Day: What the Easter Octave Teaches Us
Happy Easter! Don’t forget that Easter is more than just one day — it’s an entire season of the Church year that begins with the…
The Signs and Symbols of Easter
Here are a few of the signs and symbols that represent Jesus’ Resurrection, our Easter joy, and the experience of new life around us.
How to Carry the Meaning of Holy Week Through the Rest of the Year
I remember the first time I attended services at my church for the entire Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. I was 10 years…
A Sacred Time at Home: Celebrating Holy Week With My Young Family
The holiest week of the year is upon us. This is a sacred time – what the entire season of Lent has been preparing us…
What St. Paul Can Teach Us About Christian Joy
This past Lent marked the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in the U.S. Last Easter came — and went. Most of us celebrated from our…
Hope Builds: Rolling Away the Stone During an Easter That Looks Different
“You don’t want the bookshelf to fall on the kids,” my wife said. No, I agreed. I decidedly did not. I was desperately searching for…
How I Taught My Son That Jesus Isn’t a Zombie
“Here comes Peter Cottontail,” I sang. “Hooray,” squealed my toddler. I smiled with delight as he excitedly embarked on a scavenger hunt to find the…
