ESSAYS and POSTS about the Resurrection, Mother Angelica, Easter, the Eucharist, Good Friday, the Crucifixion, Catholic questions, Jesus' human knowledge, sacred music, the Laetare Medal, and much more!
In His Rising is Our Hope | Sandra Miesel | A short history of how Christians throughout the ages have depicted the mysterious and transforming event of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Incarnation and the Resurrection | Dale Ahlquist | The philosophy of Salvation, as G.K. Chesterton pointed out often, is utterly different from the philosophy of Progress.
The Spiritual Legacy of Mother Angelica | Bishop Robert Barron | While the critics of the founder of Eternal Word Television Network have largely faded away, the impact and influence of the nun from Canton, Ohio are incontestable.
Mother Angelica: America’s Nun | Dr. Paul Kengor | If we’re looking for the most influential American Catholic at the turn of the century, and at least into the young 21st century, male or female, I would vote for Mother Angelica.
In Hollywood, God’s still not dead | Nick Olszyk | The Catholic screenwriters behind God’s Not Dead discuss the sequel, which opens in theaters April 1.
“Do This in Remembrance of Me” | Fr. James Swetnam, S.J. | The Most Holy Eucharist is the heart of Catholic Christianity because the Eucharist generates the Mystical Body of Christ and the Mystical Body of Christ is the Church.
The Disturbing Fact of the Resurrection | Bishop Robert Barron | If Jesus was not raised from death, Christianity is a fraud and a joke; if he did rise from death, then Christianity is the fullness of God's revelation, and Jesus must be the absolute center of our lives.
Good Friday, Death, and Christian Life | Dr. Randall B. Smith | Mary weeps at the foot of the cross, and we weep with her. But we also must not stop there. For beyond the cross of Good Friday is Christ’s Resurrection on Easter morning.
The Spear that Truly Pierces the Heart | George J. Galloway | Reflections on three great novels depicting the Passion of Christ.
Easter is not a question mark | George Weigel | The grittiness of Lent, and the “intransigent historical claims” without which Easter makes no sense at all, should remind us that Christianity does not rest on myths or “narratives".
Breaking the Code | William Kilpatrick | The Da Vinci Code’s version of the Christian story is an almost total fabrication. On the other hand, many of its false accusations about the Catholic Church are actually true of Islam.
Catholic Questions from the Man Who Brought You "Catholic Answers" | CWR Staff | Karl Keating answers questions about his new book of questions and the most difficult and strange questions he’s ever been asked as an apologist.
“Shrouded” in Mystery: A Theology of Holy Saturday | Dr. Robert P. Miller | What is the significance of Holy Saturday? What is so holy about it? What can be so holy about a day that has no specific liturgy and, seemingly, nothing to celebrate?
Three gifts offered by Jesus on His way to the Cross | Carl E. Olson | "It is done. We have judged our God and have ordered Him slain. We will not have Christ with us more--He is in the way.”
The Magisterium and the Human Knowledge of Christ | Jimmy Akin | A new movie has stirred up controversy about Jesus’ human knowledge. What has the Church traditionally taught on the subject, and how is the teaching expressed today?
Sacred Music and the Vocation of the Composer | Carl E. Olson | "Music in the liturgy takes on the role of a sacramental," says composer Frank La Rocca in this CWR interview, "it must prepare the faithful to receive grace and dispose them to cooperate with it."
On sex abuse, has the pendulum swung too far? | Enza Ferreri | Attitudes about how the Church is handling cases of clerical sex abuse are frequently rooted in a misunderstanding of rule of law and evidentiary standards.
Abp. Cordileone on how lay people can strengthen their local Church | Jim Graves | The archbishop of San Francisco discusses the centrality of stewardship in education, vocations, and the Church’s charitable endeavors.
Bill Cosby for the Laetare Medal? | Dr. Randall B. Smith | In honoring pro-abortion politicians, an institution shows it doesn’t really take the evil of abortion all that seriously.
The Present American Regime: Tyranny, Oligarchy, or Democracy? | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | The most dangerous thing that anyone can do, in Aristotelian terms, is to accurately describe the existing regime that he is living under at the time.
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The four things keeping millennials from finding God | Connor Malloy | "We need some radical surgery," says Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, "we don’t need Band-Aids. We’ve got to change our viewpoint."
The Jesuit, the Monk, and the Malaise of the West | Dr. Samuel Gregg | The persistence of Joachimism over so many centuries suggests that, for all its vaunted secularism, the West remains profoundly religious in character.
New study: Increasing number of Americans consider Christianity "to be extremist" | Carl E. Olson | "The perception that the Christian faith is extreme," says Barna Group, "is now firmly entrenched among the nation’s non-Christians."
Contraception, Congo Nuns, Choosing the Lesser Evil, and Conflict of Commandments | Janet E. Smith | The Church has never taught that if the harms are serious enough, it is permissible to use contraception.
Silence in the Liturgy | Cardinal Robert Sarah | It is important to recall that silence is a necessary condition for deep, contemplative prayer, and an important component of the liturgy.
Three Reasons I Enjoyed Risen | Nick Olszyk | Director Kevin Reynolds understands that evidence does not automatically equal faith and gives Clavius (and the audience) time to ponder what the mysterious events involving Jesus of Nazareth really mean.
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