Tag: Easter

When does Easter ‘officially’ end?

Catholics recognize Easter as the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox. But, as it turns out, they can continue saying “Happy Easter” into May or, in some years, into June. Easter lasts for a total of 50 days,…

Paco Enterprises: Happy Easter!

 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said,…

The One Way To Understand Easter

He is Risen!  He is Risen Indeed!  It is a cry that changed the world. We literally measure time by it, before and after.  But why did the world have to change to begin with? Years ago I wrote: In point of fact, if we shift our focus but a bit,…

What’s Driving the Easter Convert Surge?

This Holy Week edition of The Prayerful Posse dives into the global surge in Catholic converts—and why so many young people are returning to the Church. Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal explore the cultural forces behind…