April is a liturgical hinge month, as we conclude the probing season of Lent and open onto the joys of Easter.

Confidence radiates from the texts we read today.

Luke’s gospel is a journey of contradictions. Jesus requires from his disciples terms that are unusually demanding: Give all that you have to the poor and come follow me!

In one of my early journalism classes, a professor pranked us to teach a lesson. During his lecture, a stranger burst in, waved her arms about, spoke emphatically, then abruptly left.

My fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Cihocki, could really give “the look.” He was a young teacher, full of idealism, eager to reach us and teach us

As we prepare to celebrate the mystery of Christ’s Passion, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord for pardon and strength.

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

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