[This article appeared in a slightly shorter form in First Things on May 3, 2010, ten years after the death of Cardinal John O’Connor. It is reprinted here, with the magazine’s permission,  to mark the 25th anniversary of the beloved Cardinal’s passing.] I first got to... Read More →

  “Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised.” (Lk 24:5-6) The holy women who went to anoint the body of Jesus on the third day after his death found the stone rolled away and the tomb empty. Jesus’ body was not there. Two men in... Read More →