“Why is this night different from all other nights?” This question is asked by the youngest person in the room on Passover in a Jewish home. This one question pulls together all of what Passover and Easter mean. It tells the history of a great family. When we look around at our congregations, we see many faces of people who are there every week and others only at Christmas and Easter. Why does the church fill a bit more on holidays? Maybe because people want that feeling you got when they were younger and surrounded by people they loved. Maybe because people bring their larger families for that single day. At any rate, we, Catholics, as the “Body of Christ,” are also one large and extended family. Read more