On Easter morning, Jesus told Mary "Do not hold on to me because I have not yet ascended to the Father." We walk by faith and not by sight, and we do not get to hold on to Jesus. Saint Augustine offers us this encouragement, that "it...

The theme for Eastertide will be Unanticipated Love. We begin on Easter with the gift of God’s love in the resurrection. After all the preparing of our ears and hearts throughout Lent, still what the gospel brings is beyond, graciously,...

Observing an older man's care for his ailing wife, someone once wrote: “I see the sparkle in his eye when he looks at her still, and it is both heartbreaking and inspiring. There is not measuring, no holding back, no keeping score or...