Easter season
From Easter to Pentecost
The season of Easter 2009 begins on Sunday, April 12, and ends at Pentecost, May 31 . Our feature includes an Easter calendar, readings, and audio and video reflections, updated daily for the 50 days of Easter season.
Looking Back (Back to Today)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Easter Calendar
Select a date to change this page’s Reflection, Thought for the Week and Sunday Soundbites through the season: Holy Thursday through Pentecost.
April 2009
May
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Reflection
(Luke 24:35-48)
Jesus told the apostles that it was written that “the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed...to all nations.... You are witnesses of these things.” How do you share what you know about forgiveness of sins? Whom do you know who needs to hear it?
—Revelations of Divine Mercy:
Daily Readings From the Diary of Blessed Faustina Kowalska

Thought for the Week
The King, Crucified and Risen: Meditations on the Passion and Glory of Christ
Take your time today. Pray and give thanks and adore the risen Christ, alive with His divinity but above all in His humanity, in His Body and Blood in the Eucharist, alive in the eyes of charity in all who suffer. Say it over and over to yourself. Christ is risen. He is truly risen.
— The King, Crucified and Risen: Meditations on the Passion and Glory of Christ

Sunday Soundbites
with Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.  Audio Feature
Easter—A Matter of Faith
Second Sunday of Easter—Doubting Thomas

Easter e-cards
Send cards to continue living the Easter message.
Lent/Easter 2009 News
The AmericanCatholic.org Lent/Easter news feature focuses on coverage of the ongoing events of the Lenten and Easter seasons from the Vatican and throughout the world from Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25) through Easter Sunday (April 12) and until Pentecost (May 31).

More Easter Inspiration
New! A Doctor's Good Friday Reflections
Resurrection's promise is already contained in Jesus' suffering on the cross.

New! Thérèse of Lisieux: Our Easter Season Spiritual Guide
If our life experiences and the Church’s liturgical year seem out of sync, this Doctor of the Church can help.

New! Agony in the Garden: Understanding the Passion of Jesus
Examine Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethesemane by looking at the meaning of agony, the drama of the garden, the three tests of the garden, the sleeping apostles and the moment of grace.

The Journey to Easter
A parish experiences the joys of the Easter Vigil as it welcomes new members into the Church.

The First Pentecost
A narrative account of the first Pentecost where a new Church has begun.

We Believe in the Resurrection
The Resurrection is the crowning event in the historical life of Jesus. Learn what happened during the Resurrection and how the Resurrection launched the Christian faith and shaped our belief in Jesus’ identity.

Easter and Sacraments of Initiation
Gifts of the Holy Spirit from the Catholic Update Video,
"Sealed With God's Spirit"

Called by Name from the Catholic Update Video,
"Adult Baptism: Exploring Its Meaning"

Life Is Yours from "Resurrection Power"
 by Megan McKenna

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