Back To Normal In Un-Normal Times
Every year, I feel a little deflated after the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. It seems as if the great spiritual journey we have been on since Ash Wednesday ends abruptly when...
Category: Resurrection
Have You Found Jesus?
I think it is relevant to repeat how Christ has been marginalised, how he has been constrained, reduced to Lord of the poor and of the sick, without asking why there are poor people,...
Easter Sunday Reflection
There is a bit of the Pharisee within each one of us; “don’t disturb me with your alternate reality, I know what I know and that is enough”. Even as their eyes witnessed miracles,...
Why the Earth Trembled and All Went Dark
As Jesus died on the cross, the earth trembled and everything went dark. Paul de Marco inspects these phenomena. Thomas refused to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead, despite all the apostles...
Path To The Passion: Jesus Dies On the Cross – And Christ Is Risen
Follow Jesus’ Path to the Passion In this five-part series we will follow the paths of Jesus in the weeks and days before his crucifixion. By its nature, this will be a subjective interpretation...
Six More Appearances of the Risen Christ
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...
Where the Risen Christ Walked
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...
Easter Sunday Reflection
Together as humble people of hope, as people of the resurrection, we have journeyed with Jesus through the chaos, the pain and the bloodshed of Good Friday and the hushed Holy Saturday and into...
At Easter, We Can Rise Again
“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...
Was the Resurrection Real?
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...
Via Lucis Stations Booklet Now Out in Afrikaans
The Via Lucis (Way of Light), consisting of the 14 Stations of the Resurrection, is now available in an Afrikaans edition.
Pope: True Christians Remain Hopeful, Not ‘Whiny and Angry’
Real hope lies in the proclamation of Jesus’ death and resurrection, not just with one’s words but also in deeds, Pope Francis said.
