So, obviously the church this weekend puts death before us in a really pronounced way,

right?

There's this whole, I mean it's called Palm Sunday but it's also called Passion Sunday

and we know that the Passion of Jesus ends where we just ended right now and ends with

his death and I think there's something so powerful about the fact that the church says,

okay, I know what you want to do because what we want to do typically is human beings

that you don't want to think about death. I think again so many of us, we aren't exposed

to it. I mean think of other ages, other times, other places where people live right now

even where it's on a daily basis you're exposed to death whether that be death of animals

on a farm or death of family members or death of just people. It's a reality that a lot

of times I think for us, in many ways where maybe we're blessed that we don't have to be

exposed to death a lot. But the problem is because I think a lot of us don't think about

death. We're not necessarily always exposed to death. I think a lot of us have this fortunate

being taken by surprise by death. I think death takes us by surprise. When it really

shouldn't, if you think about it, there was a student from the College of St. Scholastica

who was taking a class on death and dying, maybe some of you have tabbed that class and

she had some questions so she came up with all these interview questions. They're really,

really well-worded and at one point she asked the questions, she asked me, have I ever

seen as a priest? Have I ever seen people who are terminal come to faith? And the answer

is absolutely have people who are terminal coming to faith. She asked the question, you

know people who have a terminal illness come to faith and I definitely know people that.

But one of the things I said to her is like, well everyone I work with is terminal. That

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