10 April 2026
Friday in the Octave of Easter No undertaking can bear fruit without the Lord’s grace, least of all the undertaking of the Church to preach the ...
09 April 2026
Thursday in the Octave of Easter The Risen Lord offers peace and the power to bear witness. Today’s Gospel reading from Luke (24:35–48) ...
08 April 2026
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Today’s Gospel from Luke (24:13–35) recounts the appearance of Jesus to the two disciples on the road to ...
07 April 2026
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Today’s Gospel reading from John (20:11–18) continues where the narrative from Easter Sunday morning left off, ...
06 April 2026
Monday in the Octave of Easter Throughout this week of the Easter Octave, the Church invites us to make an extended meditation on the events of ...
05 April 2026
Easter Sunday of the Resurrection After the emptiness of Holy Saturday comes the blinding light of Easter. As the Gospel accounts attest, the ...
04 April 2026
Holy Saturday According to St. Ignatius Loyola, when Christ died, his soul and body were separated from each other. The body remained in the ...
03 April 2026
Good Friday of the Lord's Passion Good Friday is not a holy day of obligation. Catholics are not obliged under pain of sin to go to church ...
02 April 2026
Holy Thursday St. Ignatius Loyola, in his Spiritual Exercises, encourages retreatants to meditate on the Last Supper in order to experience ...
01 April 2026
Wednesday of Holy Week The treachery of Judas Iscariot must be condemned, but first it must be studied. Dante’s lowest circle of the Inferno, ...