We’re gratefully catapulted into a season-long celebration of the fullness of life offered by our Risen Lord. All the pieces of our sacred story fit together and buoy up our own reality: Passion and death, followed by new life and purpose.

Joy, hope, and doubt are all part of each person's journey of faith.

Of the apostles named among the 12, we have real affection for only a handful.

In The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton’s classic memoir, the writer monk describes his first visit, in April of 1941, to the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky for a retreat.

"Awe came upon everyone" in the early Christian community, Luke tells us in the Acts of the Apostles. I see that same awe come upon my 4-year-old daughter whenever we're at Mass.

Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins and look to God's Divine Mercy as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

The man of faith who has never experienced doubt is not a man of faith.

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