Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday). Fr Rudolf Löwenstein looks at the Church's answers to an often-asked question. Many of us

The Creed is a lovesong. In it we praise the one we love for his qualities and for the things

In the early Church catechumens received instruction about their faith both before and after baptism. During Lent they were prepared

Here are some photographs of our Easter liturgies. The Paschal candle, painted by Br Thomas Skeats OP, the sacristan. The Easter fire

EASTER SUNDAYReadings: Acts 10:34,37-43; Psalm 117; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6-8; John 20:1-9 What are we celebrating on Easter day?

Many of our readers will be familiar with the Exsultet, the great hymn of praise to the paschal candle, as

Easter Sunday. Fr Richard Conrad explains why our lives are like upside-down icebergs. The Gospels are reticent about the Resurrection. Having

The video above is a recording of Oratio Jeremiae prophetae, part of the Office of Tenebrae for Holy Saturday. It

Holy SaturdayHoly Saturday is the great, the supreme, solitude. Everything is empty. There is no meaning. Nothing makes sense. God

Some moments from our liturgy at Blackfriars Oxford, captured on camera: A distinctive feature of Tenebrae is the triangular hearse with

In Blackfriars on Good Friday St John's account of the passion is sung to a setting based on Dominican chant.

Good FridayReadings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 30; Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42What is so good about this Friday? With bare altars