Shopping for Easter gifts

With Easter coming up this weekend, Stella Maris Gifts has you covered on Christian gifts for your loved ones.

They have everything from children’s gifts to books about Stations of the Cross and Lent.

The shop has everything you would need to know about the events that led up to Easter, no matter the age.

Good Friday commemorates Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. It’s traditionally a day of sorrow, penance, and fasting.

Holy Saturday, also called Easter Vigil, is the traditional end of Lent.

Easter Sunday is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, according to the Gospels, on the third day after his crucifixion. Stella Maris Gifts Co-Owner Ruth Ladner said, “As a Catholic Christian, really what the message of Easter is to me is hope and to all of us is hope. We live in a world where we really need that message of hope right now. It is hard because a lot of people don’t have that anchor to hold on to, but Jesus is that anchor for everyone. There will never be a human being that was or will be that he did not die for on a cross.”

There are 41 Catholic churches in South Mississippi that are holding prayers and services for Holy Week.