The column this week is taken largely from a reflection on the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ from the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association. I loved its straightforward approach and helpful teaching, so I thought I’d share it with you. Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is something like the joyous bookend to Holy Thursday. At the end of Lent on Holy Thursday, we recalled

Nearly every preacher approaches the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity with some trepidation, and I’m one of them. Lately I’ve come to a more meaningful embrace of the Father, Son, and Spirit, so permit me to share some of what I’ve come to understand. The teaching of the Trinity has its share of complexities: “one God, three Persons,” an “everlasting unity,” and so forth. The truth defies logic, but the beauty of it paints

The feast of Pentecost brings us to that moment when the Holy Spirit descended on those gathered in the upper room. The apostles and Mary, the mother of Jesus, are transformed by the wind of fire of the Holy Spirit. The fear that brought them to the locked room turns to a Spirit-filled relief and peace because they know that Jesus will always be with them. The Holy Spirit breaks into our lives just at