Serving Catholics for 25 Years Make a Donation April 27, 2020 Note from the Managing Editor This week, our newsletter has a theme of death and its fruition: resurrection. In the reflection, Dorothy Day writes, "All must die … unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest." Msgr. Charles Pope answers the question, "What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Be Like?" And in another of his always-brilliant homilies, Fr. Scalia writes, "In Genesis … we are brought to life by the breath of God. Now in the Person of Jesus, God breathes upon the Apostles, to show that His mercy brings about new life, a new creation. We are brought to new life by the breath of God." Happy Easter! - Meaghen Gonzalez   Web version of this CERC Weekly Update here. Previous CERC Weekly Update here. Subscribe/unsubscribe here. Visit the CERC website at www.catholiceducation.org.   "[Learn] to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better." - Pope Saint John Paul II     New Resources   The Grace to Accept Being Pruned Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage The only answer to the mystery of suffering is this...   What We Are at Death Is What We Are Forever John M. Grondelski, NC Register Your time on earth is fixed, and constantly diminishing — take life and death seriously.   What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Be Like? Msgr. Charles Pope, Spiritual Direction When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like.   The Pillaging and Plundering of the English Monasteries Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine The destruction of England's monasteries was carried out in two phases.   What to Buy for Sacramental Gifts Katie Warner, NC Register Here are some creative gift ideas for the sacramental season in your life and family.   Peace, Wounds, and Breath Fr. Paul Scalia, The Catholic Thing Place yourself with the Apostles in the Upper Room.     Editorials of Interest   For Divine Mercy Sunday, watch this documentary about St. Faustina Aleteia 'Love and Mercy,' which came out in 2019, can now be watched for free online.   Saintly Examples of Mercy in Motion NC Register Saints from various walks of life lived mercy in action, from Mother Teresa to St. Thérèse and Padre Pio.   The samurai who became a saint Catholic Company And lived the samurai code as no one ever had before.   The Organic Development of the Shape of the Chasuble LAJ Since the nineteenth century, one of the 'hot button' topics within the Catholic liturgical sphere has been the shape of the chasuble.   Venerable Bede's Rosaries: The Catechetical Knot YouTube See how the monks of Silverstream Priory make their paracord and brass rosaries using a knot which contains a whole catechesis on the spiritual life.   'Children of Men' is really happening Ed West Why Russia can't afford to spare its young soldiers anymore.   Sodomy, smoking, and and the inversion of vices CWR If Oscar Wilde were to ride the subway in New York City today, he'd likely be shocked by the turning of tables depicted in advertisements targeted toward homosexual men.   Cultivating Chastity: Advice for Young Catholics Living in a Sex-Obsessed Culture NC Register Kate Bryan and other young Catholic women offer practical guidance and insights.   Recovering the Betrothal Ceremony and the Churching of Women Crisis Magazine By now, it is no longer headline news that traditionally-minded Latin-Rite Catholics are finding our access to the public life of the Church shrinking as the new spate of regulations ban or limit the older forms.   Motherhood is not an ordinary vocation Radiant Magazine Before marriage, I had long considered consecrated life and had a sneaking sense that motherhood was a threat to the things I wanted to achieve for God.   Pondering equality, hierarchy, and submission in marriage CWR The marriage, like the Church, is a sign of the servant economy of Christ, that "right-side up" kingdom as opposed to the "domination" that runs the world.   Confronting Two Common Pro-Abortion Perceptions Catholic Stand I often hear, "Once you convince a woman to not abort you are not willing to help take care of the baby or the mother" and "You are just a one issue guy and don't care about other pro-life issues such as caring for the poor, the immigrant, etc."   Woke Makeup and the Christian Dilemma The Wild Return Examining the mission of Beautycounter.   The Claims of Memory First Things I write in defense of memory — as the glue that holds our lives together and imposes order and continuity amid the blooming buzzing confusion of sensations, thoughts, and activities that stream in upon our days.   St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us. Subscribe / Unsubscribe Copyright © 2022 Catholic Education Resource Center