1. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  2. Sin is a heavy thing to bear. Its jacket is shame, its medals are guilt.
  3. The opponents of Father Brown thought that debunking the fake resurrection of Father Brown would discredit the good news of Christ's resurrection. The truth, however, is the other way around.
  4. Jesus has gone ahead of you on the road, and promises to be with you still.
  5. Your champion steps forward.
  6. The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
  7. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  8. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  9. In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
  10. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  11. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  12. Jesus will lead us through the deep waters onto the dry land of that celestial shore, where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes.