The Lay Cistercian Review
Volume 1, Issue 2
Easter Season 2026
The Easter issue gathers reflections on the Paschal mystery as it is actually lived — in the cloister, in the wounded body of the Church, at the empty tomb, and in the quiet of a poem.
From the Editor
Articles
Prose & Poetry
Contributors
Artwork Credits
All artwork reproduced in this issue is in the public domain and was sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Artwork selection and placement were made by the editor in consultation with the contributing authors. Montage and cover design created for The Lay Cistercian Review.
Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb, Fra Angelico, c. 1440–1442. Convent of San Marco, Florence.
The Coronation of the Virgin, Fra Angelico, c. 1434–1435. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Noli Me Tangere, Fra Angelico, c. 1440–1442. Convent of San Marco, Florence.
Ascension of Christ, Giotto di Bondone, c. 1305. Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
Pentecost, from the Maestà of Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1308–1311. Museo dell’Opera Metropolitana del Duomo, Siena.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Caravaggio, c. 1601–1602. Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam.
Shepherdess with her Flock, Jean-François Millet, c. 1863. Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
The Assumption of the Virgin, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670–1675. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
Christ Appearing to the Apostles, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656. Etching; impressions held in major museum collections.
The Three Marys, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910. Fisk University Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee.
Santa Maria di Vitorchiano, photograph of the Trappist monastery in Lazio, Italy.
The Seven Last Words of Christ, anonymous devotional image.