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I spent many years teaching high school students and I loved it. I especially enjoyed their natural inquisitiveness. Teaching them was a blessing and a joy. One of the most common questions they would lob at me was some variation of: “Mr. Arensberg, are you worried about the ending of the world?”

Have you ever had to say goodbye to someone you love? Perhaps this was the pain of a child moving away from home. Maybe it was the pain of saying goodbye to someone who died. I am willing to bet that most of us have experienced the pain of separation. Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t have to suffer the pain of being separated, whatever the circumstance?

May is a month that we celebrate our mothers. Even in our secular culture, mothers are celebrated—they do so much for us. Those of us who are parents realize that providing for our children never really ends. Mothers continue to worry for us, support us and pray for us. If your mother has passed away, you are likely aware of the empty space in your heart from that loss.

I thought that I would be writing about the important topic of Easter. Let me point out that the season of Lent lasts about 40 days, but we celebrate Easter for 50 days. Why? Because the Resurrection changes everything! With the death of Pope Francis, I instead want to reflect on the papacy and the election of a new pope.

We are in the midst of Holy Week—the highest feast days of the year. We were made by God to be with Him forever. Reading the first few chapters of Genesis tells us that the man and the woman walked with God in the cool time of the day.