Once there was a boy with a disability; he was slightly retarded, and also had cerebral palsy. His name was Jeremy, and he was seven years old. Instead of being placed in a special classroom at his parish school, Jeremy was mainstreamed, which...
Come to think of it, to illustrate in fitting fashion the most earthshaking event in the history of humankind ever, the Church should have picked an Easter gospel passage that conveyed clearly and unequivocally the Resurrection of Jesus from the...
An ancient Jewish legend says that after God created the world, He asked all the angels what they thought of it, and one of them replied, “It’s truly wonderful, Lord—but one thing is lacking: the sound of praise to the Creator.” In response, the...
Three women went to a tomb just outside the city limits of Jerusalem in the morning of the day after Jesus of Nazareth, at a place named Golgotha, had been horribly crucified as a criminal and his body buried in a nearby garden owned by a wealthy...
A fifty-year-old man named Bob was given the bad news by his doctor that he had terminal cancer. Soon afterwards Bob wrote a letter to his best friend from high school named Greg, who lived out on the West Coast, and described his feelings, saying...
Regardless of the faith tradition we follow, or even if we do not follow any faith as closely as we should, the Christian cannot miss praying on Easter Sunday. Easter is a profoundly spiritual day. It is a day of joy, beauty and hope. When the...
Today we celebrate the glorious Easter event; the bodily Resurrection of Jesus from the dead! This is, by far, the most important event in Christianity. Everything else that was said or done by Christ and the apostles is secondary in importance to...
Ernie Harwell, the beloved “Voice of the Tigers,” would open each new season of the Detroit Tigers baseball club by quoting these words, words taken from Bible’s Song of Solomon: For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers...
