Br. Joseph Trout, OP

When the early Christian community ran into problems, as is inevitable, they dealt with them. This is what a healthy community does.

Br. Joe Trout, OP breaks open the readings for the Third Sunday of Easter, exploring how the Resurrection shows that it was God's plan all along to bring back to life his beloved children, and that Jesus is the way God accomplishes it.

God can do amazing things (like multiplying the loaves and the fish) if we can simply trust what God says. So.... trust.

Happy Easter to You and Yours! Today, Br. Joe Trout, OP breaks open the readings for Easter Sunday, pointing out that with the Resurrection, we enter the End Times, and every time we open ourselves to God coming "from above" we bring more life into the world.

Jesus was tested by the Jewish authorities to find something to use against him. God tests us not to learn anything but so that we might grow.

Like Moses on the mountain, begging God to save his people, we should turn from sin and have the humility to see our solidarity with all God's sinful people who need that grace.