Today is Easter Sunday. When I was a kid, we would go to Mass on the beach at 5:00 in the morning and dawn would break over the horizon just as the Gospel was being read. When Christ came to Earth, He was a light shining in the darkness that the darkness had not overcome (John 1:5). When Christ rose from the dead, He became the light that shone through…
The Easter Vigil is my favorite liturgy on the Church calendar, so I’m disappointed we won’t be able to attend in person this year. For the past eight years, I saw friends get baptized and confirmed during the Vigil. It’s also an incredible night for me, spiritually, because I love reflecting on the readings. Instead of going through each reading one by one and saying everything I can about them…
