The resurrection of Christ assures us that death is temporary, a message of comfort and hope. It is a message of comfort in that we know our loved ones who have gone before us have not gone away but have gone toward the kingdom, the life after life we are promised. It is a message of hope because the temporary nature of this life need not cause fear; we do not end but are transformed by God’s love.
Easter
Mass with Bishop Sanchez
St. John’s Preparatory School, Astoria, had a Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez to continue the joyous celebration of the Easter season. After the Mass, many students involved in the school’s liturgies attended a reception with the bishop in the school’s library.
Christ Is Risen Art Contest 2015
Nearly 1,400 students from Brooklyn and Queens entered The Tablet’s annual Christ Is Risen Easter Art Contest. Here are the winners, honorable mentions and their artwork.
We Are Called to Know God
These are the Easter to Pentecost days, the great 50 days of Mystagogia (unpacking the Mystery). They invite us to journey with our brothers and sisters who were welcomed into our Church just two weeks ago.
Our Youth Honor Holy Week
Youth from through out the diocese celebrate this holiest of times in unique ways.
Photos: Good Friday in Brooklyn and Queens
Images of Good Friday processions throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
Photos: Easter Services in Brooklyn and Queens
Easter morning prayer at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside, and the blessing of the Easter baskets at St. Frances de Chantal, Borough Park.
White House Easter Event Welcomes Cross-Section of Christians
Quoting Pope Francis and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Easter Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama observed that the celebration of Easter puts other concerns into context.
Divine Mercy Moves Us From Fear to Fire
THE GREAT 50 DAYS of Easter fill our reflections and our prayers with the movement from fear to fire. A new fire burns in the hearts of Jesus’ disciples as they recognize Him as the Risen Messiah, the Son of God.
Easter and Evangelism
GALATIANS 1:15-18 is not your basic witness-to-the-Resurrection text. Yet St. Paul’s mini-spiritual autobiography helps us understand just how radically the experience of the Risen Lord changed the first disciples’ religious worldview, and why an evangelical imperative was built into that experience.