Sacred Liturgy, especially after the liturgical reform of Vatican II, helps us to perceive with more clarity the full dimension of Easter time: Christological, pneumatological, ecclesiological, ...

Holy Thursday strides two liturgical seasons: Lent and the Paschal Triduum. The Paschal Triduum, the “Great Three Days,” begins (and Lent ends) with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy ...

As previously noted, the Church’s greatest and most important liturgy of the year is the Paschal Vigil. It has pride of place. It is not just a long version of “Sunday Mass.” In the ancient Church, ...

Editor's note: NCR is sharing again with our readers this engaging triduum resource created in 2020 by board member and composer Dan Schutte. You can find the entire Easter triduum virtual liturgy ...

To celebrate the glory of Jesus' resurrection, the Church amplifies the liturgy with these symbolic traditions. Easter Sunday is a glorious feast in the Catholic Church -- the highest of all feasts ...

Editor's note: NCR is sharing again with our readers this engaging triduum resource created in 2020 by board member and composer Dan Schutte. You can find the entire Easter triduum virtual liturgy ...

(ZENIT News / Rome, 04.09.2025).- Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina ...

Photo from Unsplash. By Tim Gouw. Just like Christmas, Easter is much more than just a day. I mean that in a metaphorical and sentimental sense, yes, but also in a literal (and liturgical) one. While ...

On Easter morning, there is a rush among the disciples closest to Jesus to figure things out. What follows is general confusion and a lesson that must be relearned by every generation of new disciples ...

The liturgy includes a special Easter Sequence sung during the Liturgy of the Word that is repeated throughout the eight days following Easter Sunday. One of the special features of the Easter Octave ...

Well into the second decade of the 21st century, Roman Catholics have become used to the way we celebrate Holy Week: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord on the 6th Sunday of Lent. The Weekdays of ...

This is the day the Lord has made, Alleluia! Let us rejoice and be glad in it, Alleluia! My Easter break turned into rest and recuperation from sickness, but it isn’t dampening my Easter joy! He is ...