E veryone knows that Easter takes place in the spring each year, but do you know what the day before Easter is called? It’s ...

But Holy Week teaches us to experience prayer anew — not ... On Holy Saturday, we pray with empty hands and uncertain hearts. On Easter morning, we pray in awe because love has done what we ...

Holy Saturday marks the final day of Holy Week, positioned between the sadness of Christ’s entombment and the joy of His anticipated resurrection. While Christ’s resurrection has not yet occurred, the ...

"Now days, the Easter week and weekend religious services are not quite as packed as when I grew up attending St. Mary’s Catholic in Reliance." ...

PRAYER OF THE DAY: O God, who by the pages of both Testaments instruct and prepare us to celebrate the Paschal Mystery, grant that we may comprehend your mercy so that the gifts we receive from you ...

So there’s both in the East and the West — maybe a little bit more pronounced in the Eastern Churches, because people see icons as such a portal to faith and prayer — but we have such a rich ...