Here rsquo s an Easter question Why didn rsquo t the resurrected Christ appear to those who had sought or sanctioned his death people like the High Priest Caiaphas or the Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate Wouldn rsquo t that prove beyond any doubt that he had risen from the tomb Jesus back fro

The play begins with an unexpected abdication Know that we have divided In three our kingdom and lsquo tis our fast intentTo shake all cares and business from our age Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl toward death I i 17-41 King Lear rejects the realm mdash one mig

It 39 s about love not death At the beginning of Lent I stood before the grave of three Maryknoll sisters in a crowded little cemetery in the northwestern province of El Salvador I 39 d come looking for Maura Clarke one of the four church women ndash Ita Ford Dorothy Kazel Jean Donovan are

He enters the play seeking spiritual counsel quot Where is my gracious lord of Canterbury quot I ii 1 When the archbishop arrives the young King nbsp immediately asks if his cause is just invading France to seize its throne My learn d lord we pray you to proceed and justly and religiously

Hearing these words from the Passion of Saint Luke quot Father if you are willing take this cup away from me still not my will but yours be done quot 22 42 it rsquo s difficult not to feel that we have intruded into a conversation between intimates one we have no warrant to hear Jesus ple

Few Catholics, and even fewer Jesuits, ever imagined there would be a Jesuit pope.