Following Jesus requires a lot from us: resources, time, energy, labor, love. We must often accept the risks of love. For example, we are called to stand with those who are on the peripheries. I am thinking of Catholic sisters who regularly cross the U.S.–Mexico border to feed and shelter migrants. Another sister I know went to the funeral of one of her students who was killed on the streets and then later survived gunfire at the funeral. Like them, we are to be Easter people, not burdened by fear or sin. We gain courage from the resurrection. We trust that death is never the end. Easter joy inspires us to pay the price of discipleship, to love boundlessly.

- Sr. Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.