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At the Easter Vigil, the Church proclaims what it has always proclaimed: the tomb is empty, and those who came to see it were changed forever. Mary Magdalene did not simply receive a private consolation. She saw, and then she went and told others. The resurrection was not meant to be hidden. It was meant to be witnessed, and through that witness, the world was invited to believe. Our marriages carry a quieter but related calling. In a culture growing skeptical of lifelong com

The final hours before the crucifixion was a time of fear. Judas, afraid and overwhelmed, had sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Peter, confronted by a servant girl in a courtyard, denied three times that he even knew the man. And on the cross itself, Jesus cried out the words of Psalm 22: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" If fear could bring Peter to his knees and draw that cry from the lips of Christ, we should not be surprised when it brings us to our knees

In Sunday's Gospel , Jesus stands before the tomb of his friend Lazarus and weeps. Then he does something that confounds the mourners around him: he calls Lazarus out of the grave. The stone must be rolled away. The burial cloths must be removed. And a man who was lost is restored. Many of our marriages do not end in divorce. They decline into something quieter: a slow withdrawal into routine, financial partnership, and social performance. The love is not gone so much as it i