Happy Easter. Easter is a reminder that we should never lose hope. Christ was crucified. He died. He rose again. There is always hope. Even when things seem impossible, there is hope.
Two things to share for Easter: (1) For Roman Catholics, the hauntingly beautiful words of the Stabat Mater (The Mother was Standing), and (2) for all, a truly stirring rendition of Amazing Grace, performed by Il Divo at the Roman Coliseum:
(1) On Friday we mediated on Christ’s scourging at the pillar, His crowning with thorns, His scourging at th