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. A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
  6. Your champion steps forward.
  7. Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
  8. 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.
  9. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  10. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  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.