First the vine, then the branches, finally the fruit. In Christ the true vine, this is how it goes still. God the Gardener tends and prunes the branches to produce…
There is only one Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who loves and cares for us, His sheep. He laid down His life for us and took it up again that we…
What about Jesus' body? What about ours? Having risen from the dead and being totally alive in the body, Jesus changes everything for our bodies, too.
Seeing is believing, right? Not so fast! Everyone lives by faith of one kind or another. Thomas had faith that dead bodies stay dead until Jesus showed him the scars from…
The women weren't afraid of death, the grave, or finding Jesus' body. What made them afraid? His body wasn't there! Now that Jesus is risen from the dead, who knows…
He saw everything that He had done to redeem His people, and behold, it was very good. The sixth day.
On this night, Jesus put the benefits of His suffering and death into the Holy Sacrament of His body and blood, ruining Satan's triumph and guaranteeing ours!
Though the enthusiasm of the Palm Sunday crowd, and of Jesus' own disciples, wanes and wavers as the week goes on, Jesus never does. He goes on toward His death…
"Humble yourselves," St. Peter says, "so that He may exalt you." This is the hope for those humbled. Though we suffer now, glory will follow. Though humbled for a time,…
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant. . . . For the Son of Man came not to be served but to…
