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Jesus is truly risen. that he has truly triumphed over death. could it be an illusion, a figment of our imagination? no, it is not an illusion. today more than ever we hear the echoing of the easter proclamation, christ is risen, he is truly risen. today more than ever we need him. at the end of a land that seemed endless. we emerged from two years of the pandemic which took a heavy toll. it is time to come out of the tunnel together, hand in hand, pooling our strengths and resources. instead we...

From Bach to Biber Before Crossing the Tiber K. V. TURLEY How one musician found her way into the Church. "As a violinist specializing in historical performance, I was increasingly surrounded by sacred music: hymns and Masses and cantatas and the great composers and priests who wrote them.  This served to strengthen my faith in general and drew me steadily towards the Roman Catholic Church." Fiona Hughes was received into the Church in 2017.  From her home i...

12 Things You Need to Know About Holy Saturday 03/25/2021 at 2:26 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White On Holy Saturday the earth waits in stillness for the Resurrection of the Lord. Here are 12 things you need to know about it. Everytime we say the creed, we note that Jesus “descended into hell.” Holy Saturday is the day that commemorates this event. What happened on this day, and how do we celebrate it?Here are 12 things you need to know. What happened on the first Holy Saturday Here on ...

The Tablet April 4, 2021 Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presides at the lighting of the Paschal Candle during the April 3, 2021 Easter Vigil Service at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The Diocese of Brooklyn was unable to service last year because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Photo: Bill Miller) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The faint rays of light faded at sundown Saturday from the stained-glass windows at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. But darkness did not hold. The Pasch...

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s liturgy congregation issued a note Saturday encouraging Catholic parishes around the world to celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God with new vigor. In the note published Dec. 19, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments suggested ways that Catholics should prepare for the day devoted to the Bible. Pope Francis instituted the Sunday of the Word of God with the apostolic letter “ Aperuit illis” on Sept. 30, 2019, the 1,600th anni...

CDW Note on the Sunday of the Word of God This comes more than a year after Pope Francis published Aperuit Illis, a motu proprio instituting the Sunday of the Word of God. There was some commentary here on PrayTell on this new observance at that time and at the time of its first observance, at the start of 2020, I published a piece on “almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the observance. This new Note is to be welcomed, although one might wonder why it took fourteen months to be publi...

Direction. >> sean: what does it tell us about him? >> i respect his right to go worship wherever he wants to worship. but we are known by who we hang out with. and the people he hangs out with this the two churches that we know the one in washington and the one in chicago, are a problem for me and a problem for most people that i talk to, whether democrat, republican, liberal or conservative. it is just an unfortunate thing. >> on one hand we would like to be glad that he does go to church. i t...

Direction. >> sean: what does it tell us about him? >> i respect his right to go worship wherever he wants to worship. but we are known by who we hang out with. and the people he hangs out with this the two churches that we know the one in washington and the one in chicago, are a problem for me and a problem for most people that i talk to, whether democrat, republican, liberal or conservative. it is just an unfortunate thing. >> on one hand we would like to be glad that he does go to church. i t...

For future cases to bypass the intermediate court. >> keep seeing efforts like this to get it to move forward and fast track it? >> yes, there are a lot of people that would like the court to rule on it before november. the supreme court could get this case in 14 to 16 months which will make it october of 2012. >> wow. >> this could be an october surprise before the presidential. >> if obama care is invalidated a month before election day, the president probably will go home to chicago. >> all r...

Evan bayh is here. she was a senior policy adviser for mccains presidential campaign nancy pfotenhauer is here. good to see you all, thanks for being here. the white house doesnt release an easter proclamation despite several practice maces for holidays of other religions, a lot of people are asking why? >> the president went to church yesterday, it was well covered. im not sure if we put out a statement or not. he personally celebrated easter with his family and went to church to celebrate that...