The readings continue to proclaim the reality and saving power of Christ’s resurrection, while the Gospel is the Lukan sequel to the meal of the risen Christ with the two travelers on the way to Emmaus (Lk. 24:13-34).
I’m not sure what to do with the Easter season. I’m more comfortable, if that’s the right word, with Lent’s symbolic richness—dust, ashes, desert, wandering—than I am with the joy of the resurrection. Not surprisingly, at this time every year I’m less jubila
Chicago Archdiocese Takes Part in No Sweatshop’ CampaignChicago’s cardinal said his archdiocese has joined a national anti-sweatshop campaign because the church is called in a jubilee year to proclaim liberty to captives,’ including those enslaved to undignified working conditions.