Events during April that Catholics should care about.
April observances
Sunday Scripture readings: April 4, 2021
Easter Sunday
First reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Second reading: Col 3:1-4
Gospel: Jn 20:1-9
Sharing the Gospel means embracing the cross, pope says at chrism Mass
In the life of Jesus and in the lives of his disciples today, “the hour of joyful proclamation, the hour of persecution and the hour of the cross go together,” the pope said at the Mass April 1.
Let the children come to me: Pope’s Via Crucis meditations written by kids
Like last year, the service on Good Friday will be held in St. Peter’s Square without the presence of the general public.
In Holy Week, Jesus and Mary show us ‘meaning of love,’ says archbishop
As Catholics entered Holy Week, Archbishop José H. Gomez reflected on how again the celebration is happening in the midst of a pandemic.
Tenderness, reconciliation needed in today’s world, pope says
The pope said the problems facing today’s world should awaken “in every priest an authentic compassion, both for the sheep entrusted to him and for those who have gone astray.”
Saint of the Week: Blessed Restituta Kafka
Arrested by the Nazis in 1942 for religious activities in her hospital, she was beheaded, the only nun so sentenced in the Nazis’ German territories.
At Easter, Christ defeats the lies that ensnare us
“It’s the father of lies who tells humans they are not who they are: ‘Nobody wants you.’ ‘You are only a fetus, not a person.’ ‘You would be better off dead. It’s best for your family.'”