On Forgiveness Sunday, we look for the best in the one we forgive and seek to give a charitable interpretation of the other’s intent.

The Easter lily has its own remarkable story of persistence.

As followers of Jesus, we believe, as do a long line of his followers, that he rose from the dead on that first Easter Sunday.

Easter is second only to Christmas in Mass attendance—and in a tight race with Halloween in candy consumption.

Bernice was smiling because she was free. Her horizon, which was her hope, was not her bed, or the ward, or the hospital—not even this world. Bernice’s eyes were fixed on the hope of heaven.

The resurrection of the dead—along with the transformation of the world—is the goal of all history. And this fulfillment already has a beginning in Jesus’ resurrection.