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Do you want to see the risen Jesus? Then follow these three steps from today's Gospel: 1) Be really honest with Jesus. 2) Receive what Jesus wants to say to you. 3) Invite Jesus deeper into your life.

Trials expose our weaknesses and they prove and purify us. The Risen Jesus brought great peace, strength, and unity to the early Christian community. The same Risen Jesus stands in our midst and offers us peace when we are ready to receive it.

I think most of us want to get to the end of our life and look back and say, "That was worth it!" Easter reveals Jesus's secret for success: We are God's children, and doing our Father's will will lead to the most successful life possible.

Each one of us is a gift, hand-made by God and given to the world. But the world often does not receive us as a gift. Even though the world rejects Jesus, he knows that his gift is safe in the Father's hands.

The Paschal Lamb was a sacrifice and a sacred meal. It's blood saved the Israelites from the Angel of Death. It died for them, so that they could live. Before you consume this meal, ask yourself: "Am I willing to give in the same measure?"

Donkeys are marked with a cross. If we follow Jesus and accept his kingship, then our lives will also be marked with the cross. Jesus believes God will be with him, he will have the strength to accomplish God's will, and it will be worth it.

"Lord, if you had been here my brother, sister, parent, child... would not have died!" Jesus cries with them. Then he brings his friend back to life. Are you prepared for your funeral? Are you prepared for your Friend to raise you from the dead?

Evangelization is not about convincing people that we are right. It's about helping people we love discover how thirsty they are, and then showing them where to find the spring of life-giving water.

On the way into the desert, the nation of Israel stops for a mountain-top experience. Jesus gives his three closest disciples a mountain-top experience. When did Jesus become real for you? Save your mountain-top moments and keep going back to them.

We do not conquer sin and death by figuring out the techniques that Jesus used. Instead, we conquer sin and death by joining Jesus in HIS victory over sin and death. Guard your mind, words, and actions this Lent, because your identity is at stake.

Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta were half-hearted Catholics. Then an angel appeared to them to prepare them for Mary's visit. She told them they needed to pray and do penance for the conversion of sinners. They began to pray, and give alms.

The rules are good, but following them is not enough. Our hearts must be transformed. Let us say YES to the Holy Spirit and his truth and goodness. Let us say NO to the little lies we believe and even the small ways we don't fully love.

In the beginning, Adam and Eve were able to receive one another as a gift. But sin traps us all in patterns of using and being used. This leads to rivalries, jealousies, and divisions. How can we learn to give ourselves completely to one another?

Confirmation: anointing with gladness, clothing with light, a cloak of salvation, a spiritual gift, the sanctification of souls and bodies, the indelible seal, a buckler of faith, and a fearsome helmet against all the works of the adversary.

The Devil attacks your value because love of God and love of neighbor flow from the same unlikely source: loving yourself! Repeat after me: "It is good that I exist." Now turn to your neighbor and tell them, "It is good that you exist."