Sunday, April 12, is Easter Sunday/the Resurrection of the Lord. Mass readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9. In his novel entitled Duma Key, the ...

Last year, on what was Easter Sunday according to the eastern liturgical calendar followed by many in Egypt, I visited the pyramids of Giza. Standing under the watchful gaze of the Sphinx, I was ...

This Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week in the Christian calendar. Choirs, orchestras and bands across the world have rehearsed special music for months. Churches gear up to receive an influx of ...

You may put truth in a grave; it won’t stay there. You may nail the truth to a cross and shut it up in a tomb; the truth will rise — as Jesus Christ rose on Easter morning.” The resurrection of Jesus ...

GREENFIELD — Michelle Brown saw Jesus being beaten and heard the loud thunder at his crucifixion, followed by stunned silence broken only by a Roman soldier saying, “Surely this was the son of God.” ...

For some people there is an empty feeling this Easter that comes with empty churches, spring dresses left unsold at department stores, no dinner out with family and no hugs from Grandma. “We are ...