“Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.’” (John 20:27) 

In my early 20s, I volunteered at a parish youth group. I witnessed teens encountering Jesus with a fresh, romantic wonder that reminded me of my own teenage conversion. But something had changed in me. I was quietly jaded and cynical. When teens shared stories of encountering Christ, I’d want to sarcastically murmur, “Well, good for you.” I had grown suspicious of the zeal I once knew. 

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

On that first Easter morning, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb expecting death. Instead, she found it empty—confusing, unsettling, and yet full of possibility. “They did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead” (John 20:9). Hope did not arrive as clarity—it arrived as a question.

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