When it comes to the truth of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, Jack Nicholson's oft-quoted line from the movie A Few Good Men comes to mind: "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!"

Were you there when they crucified my Lord--or when he was raised from the dead? As a matter of act, no, we weren't. In fact, some of the disciples weren't either.

IF DOCTORS MAKE the worst patients, then surely public speakers are the toughest audience in the pews. When I’m benched on the average Sunday, attending to the homilist, my bottom line invariably remains: “So what?”

Nothing expresses intense joy and thanksgiving more clearly and immediately than a shout of ALLELUIA! The word Alleluia comes from ancient Hebrew for "Praise Yahweh!"

Our parish holds an annual egg hunt on Easter morning in the park behind the church. It is a delight to watch hundreds of toddlers filling their baskets with plastic eggs, each with a piece of candy inside.

My dad had a knack for gathering in troubled souls, and my mom had a talent for nurturing them back to health. My parents' charges didn't always stay well, but at least they were offered a moment of sanity in the chaos of their lives.

In today's first reading from Acts, Peter begins by saying, "You know what has happened all over Judea."

We rejoice on this Easter day at the victory of love and life over sin and death.

The cloth that had covered his head . . . rolled up in a separate place. The theme of the empty tomb story may be not only "seeing is believing," but how much seeing is believing?

Christians, to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful praises. The lamb the sheep redeems: Christ, who only is sinless, reconciles sinners to the Father. Death and life contended in that conflict stupendous: The Prince of Life, who died, deathless reigns.