A Letter to New Catholics Entering the Church Tonight

Thousands will be baptized, confirmed, and received into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil Masses tonight. This is what I wish someone had told me when I was the only person under sixty in the pew.

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Dear friends,

Tonight, across the country, thousands of men and women will walk into Catholic churches, step into baptismal waters, receive the oil of chrism on their foreheads, and take the Eucharist …