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​​​​​​​The tomb is empty!  Alleluia!  Our faith in Jesus is dependent on the bodily resurrection of Jesus.  We may say something like, “It is incredible that Jesus rose from the dead!”  We mean to say, that it is fantastic and wonderful, but there are many people in this world who will take the more literal meaning; it is not believable.  I would like to spend some time reflecting on the credibility of Jesus’ resurrection.  Please know that I am going to do so in a very brief manner.

Welcome to Holy Week.  Of course, if you get your paper on Friday afternoon you will have to wait a couple of days before it is officially so. Holy Week is to Lent as the final two minutes of a basketball game is to the rest of the contest.  

When the Lord came down to the top of Mount Sinai, He summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up to Him. Then the Lord spoke to Moses …” Exodus 19:20-21

I love to eat.  When we as humans eat something our digestive system takes the food, which is not a part of our body, and turns it into energy and minerals that become a part of our cells.  That which we cannot use is discarded as waste.  In other words, what we eat becomes part of us.  This is a true incorporation, literally speaking.  We are all familiar with the expression, “You are what you eat.”

Since the inauguration of the new president I have noticed a huge uptick in political posts on social media, more political topics during shows on Catholic radio, and so many conversations with Catholic friends end up with politics.