Homily from the 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Masses at St. Mary's Church in Crown Point, Ind. I’m a little miffed that Easter came so late this year, because today’s Gospel reads like one of those great college or high school commencement speeches. A few weeks ago, the timing would have been perfect. I can almost see Jesus walking on stage with his black robe and scarlet doctoral hood, stepping up to the podium, waiting for the applause to die down. Then, he speaks: “Fear no one.”

Homily from the 4 p.m. Mass at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in New Chicago, Ind., and the 7:30 and 9 a.m. Masses at St. Mary's Church in Crown Point, Ind. It was about 15 years ago, I was in a 20th Century U.S. History course – and sitting there as a college sophomore who undeniably knew everything about life, I was puzzled why the professor would assign us work of fiction to teach us about the Vietnam War. What I quickly discovered was that the professor didn