Almost 65 years ago, Mamie Till-Mobley decided to have an open casket at the funeral of her murdered son Emmett Till. Weeks before, this young mother from the south side of Chicago had sent her ...

The resurrection of Jesus changes everything. For every single person, it means that we can have a relationship with Christ who is truly alive. If you are like me, we can often celebrate Easter for ...

First let me extend everyone here, to the whole parish family of St. Philomena, my own prayers that each of you will celebrate a most joyful and peaceful Easter, the victory of Jesus over death. As we ...

It's first Communion season, and we are in the thick of it. My grandson, Luc, is preparing for his this month. He has questions. The question on his mind lately is this: If we believe Jesus rose from ...

“The Gospels mention various appearances of the risen Christ, but not a meeting between Jesus and his Mother. This silence must not lead to the conclusion that after the Resurrection Christ did not ...

He is not here. He is risen!” Two thousand years after the resurrection these words still have the power to startle us. When the women disciples first heard those words, they did not know what to make ...

For years I have heard it said by Christians of quite different stripes that we are to be Jesus’ hands and feet. Closely related to this notion is the idea that the Christian community is to ...

How do you play Jesus? The figure looms so large over culture, meaning so much to so many. Everyone comes in with their own baggage, their own particular version of who/what he was. In popular culture ...

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. — Matthew 28:6 Before Charles Simeon attended university in Cambridge, England, he loved horses and clothes, ...