Church / Easter / Jesus / Resurrection / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 27, 2019
After being raised from the dead, Jesus Christ made several appearances, as Scripture recounts. In his second article, Günther Simmermacher looks at six more of them. Last week we encountered the Risen Lord on...
Church / Easter / Jesus / Resurrection / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published May 21, 2019 · Last modified May 20, 2019
After being raised from the dead, Jesus Christ made several appearances, as Scripture recounts. Over two articles, Günther Simmermacher looks at ten of them. Scripture records several appearances by Christ after the Resurrection. While...
Church / Easter / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published April 30, 2019 · Last modified May 1, 2019
We wished people a Happy Easter last Sunday but are you doing so this Sunday? Easter for Christians is not a one-off event: rather it is a season lasting a full 50 days and our joy should continue to overflow this year until June 9, this year’s date for Pentecost.
By Cindy Wooden – As individuals and as a church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ’s resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said...
“The tomb is empty because Christ is risen. Without the resurrection, Christianity is a useless religion as a way to salvation,” writes Tshiamo Stephen Takongwa in this Easter reflection. We are now coming near...
Easter / Fr Ralph de Hahn / Resurrection
by Fr Ralph de Hahn · Published April 20, 2019 · Last modified April 18, 2019
Was the Resurrection of Christ real? FR RALPH DE HAHN explains why it was real, and what it means to us today. For all believers the celebration of Easter is one of hope and liberation; it...
Easter / Fr Ralph de Hahn / Good Friday / The Cross
by Fr Ralph de Hahn · Published April 19, 2019 · Last modified April 17, 2019
As Mary stood at the foot of the cross, she will have thought of how the prophecies of Scripture led up to this moment, as FR RALPH DE HAHN explains. We are deeply indebted...
By Sheldon Vandrey – Every year on Good Friday at 10:00, our parish of the Holy Spirit in Arcadia, Port Elizabeth, hosts its Passion play, performed by the youth group and other young people in...
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with prisoners in Velletri, about 58km south of Rome. The pope will celebrate the Mass and the foot-washing ritual at...
The youth of Umzimkulu diocese in KwaZulu-Natal gathered at Sibizane, Centocow mission, to follow Jesus on his Way of the Cross for 7km to the Centocow shrine of Merciful Jesus and Mary, Our Lady...
By Tom Dermody – Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s passion and crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,”...
