What does Resurrection mean? At this moment in our world there is, no doubt, the feeling that death and destruction are more apparent than the focus of the religious festivity we celebrate at Easter. What does resurrection mean then in the face of war, death, destruction, the cost-of-living crisis, and the spectre of our country possibly running out of fuel? The response to the historic problem of human suffering and disappointment can take only two paths. The first is that o

This evening, the Solemn Vigil of the Sunday of the Most Holy Resurrection of the Lord, we are at the very centre, the very heart of the faith, the prayer, and the life of the Church, the assembly of all those who by faith are incorporated into Christ. Easter Sunday is the feast of feasts. The first Christian communities had only one annual feast, Easter Sunday, which was echoed in all of the other Sundays of the year – each Sunday is first and foremost a celebration of the r

Jesus was crucified during the feast of Passover. Christians have always known this, and just in case anyone forgets, John slips a little reminder into his telling of the Passion: the priests were unwilling to enter the Praetorium lest they defile themselves and become unable to celebrate the Passover. At first sight, however, John does not seem to take up Passover themes in his Passion narrative, except perhaps at the very end, his remark that not a bone of Jesus was broken