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, ...
31 March 2026
Tuesday of Holy Week The statue and the shadow it casts are related, but they are very different. The statue is made of stone, and the shadow ...
30 March 2026
Monday of Holy Week It was prophesied by Isaiah that the Messiah would “bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who ...
29 March 2026
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Jesus’ approval rating reached a high point when he entered Jerusalem. The common people rallied upon his ...