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On this seventh Sunday of Easter, we celebrate the ascension of Jesus into Heaven, a glorious foundational event in our Christian faith and yet also one that challenges our rationality. Maybe you too have found yourself wondering such doubt-filled questions as “Did he really just float up in the sky?,” “Did it have to be so dramatic?” “Am I supposed to take this literally?” Today, I’d like to acknowledge that those doubts—and any others you carry—are safe in the all-knowing P

As we continue to journey along in this Easter season, I find myself reflecting on what it means to be an Easter people. It is an innately celebratory season where we remember for 50 days that death is not the end. With that in mind, I find myself being bogged down by the weight of the world. It feels like it is a constant stream of one atrocity after another, with only small moments of reprieve sprinkled in. It often does not feel like death is not the end. So, when our seco

During the Easter season, we celebrate not only that Christ is risen from the dead, but that He continues to draw near—often in the most ordinary and relational moments of our lives. The Resurrection is not distant; it unfolds wherever Christ is welcomed, recognized, and shared. The Emmaus story (Luke 24:13–35) offers a rich lens for reflecting on one dimension of missionary discipleship: accompaniment. At its heart, the Emmaus story is about companionship. Two disciples wal

I think the Holy Spirit gets the short end of the stick. For all but about two Sundays the year (and Confirmation masses if we happen to stumble into one), the Spirit gets pushed aside for the far easier images of God that we hear whether of Jesus who walked among us or God the Father or Creator. Even this Sunday we will hear more about the teachings of Divine Mercy than the Spirit in many of our parishes. I also think that’s because we’re a bit scared of the Spirit in the Ch

What would you do for your friends and the people you love? My guess would be that you would do anything for the people you love....

I love this time after Lent, when we get the readings of the apostles, and we hear the ways that the mission of Jesus was being spread...