I stood watch over my mother. It was the third night since she had been removed from life support, and various family members were taking turns at her bedside. This was my night to keep vigil. Continue »

Our Lady, who is always praying for sinners, asks us to pray for their conversion too. Since my childhood I’ve been very dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Her message to little Lucia, Francesco, and Jacinta has left its imprint on my life. Continue »

It’s amazing. No single event has affected so many individual lives over the course of so many centuries as the resurrection of Jesus from the dead nearly two thousand years ago. Continue »

Throughout the book of Acts, the message that persists is very simple: Whenever the Holy Spirit fell, people’s lives were changed. We see this in the apostles who, together with the Virgin Mary, gathered in the upper room on Pentecost. Continue »

Easter is a day of excitement, surprise, and happiness. Jesus of Nazareth, who was mocked, beaten, and crucified, has been raised from the dead. He has conquered sin and death. He has blazed a trail that we can all follow—a trail that leads right into the throne room of our heavenly Father. The meaning of the resurrection is grounded in these two realities: Jesus is Lord of the universe, and we have been raised up with him. Continue »

Christ is risen! He has burst open the gates of hell and let the dead go free; he has renewed the earth through the members of his church now born again in baptism, and has made it blossom afresh with men and women brought back to life. His Holy Spirit has unlocked the doors of heaven, which stand wide open to receive those who rise up from the earth. Continue »