The discovery by two disciples of the empty tomb, and Mary Magdelene's encounter with Jesus, in John 20.1–18, is one of the main options for the gospel reading for Easter Sunday in Year A (the ...

If I saw an empty tomb, I’d check for zombies,” says Logan, 9. “I wouldn’t think, ‘Oh, Jesus rose from the dead!’ because that would sound like a fairy tale.” ...

The faithful around the world celebrate Holy Saturday on April 8, 2023. Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into hell for ...

That women were the first witnesses is significant. The testimony of women at that time and in that culture counted, in law at least, for nothing: so had the ...

The liturgy of this holy day invites us to recognize that the Risen Lord meets us in the ordinary moments of our lives and ...

Thomas refused to believe Jesus was risen until he felt the nail marks in Jesus’ hands and the wound in his side.

Christ our hope is risen, Alleluia ✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according John 20:3-9. So Peter and the other disciple ...

The Risen Christ stands in our midst. He has conquered the kingdom of sin and death. The Resurrection of the Lord stops the momentum of evil and leads us to glory unto glory. The accounts given in the ...