Every Holy Saturday we bless Easter baskets. Why do we do so and with what should we fill them? Fr. Cook explains the origin of Easter baskets and eggs as he asks the question, “For what or for whom are we grateful to the Lord?” When is the last time you have considered God’s blessings in your life?

They say that you are what you eat. That statement is never more true than in the celebration of the Mass, where we become the Mystical Body of Christ by consuming the Eucharistic Body of Christ. Discover the gift that you are and how you have been chosen in love, blessed by grace, and are meant to be shared generously with others.

When our time comes, what will you pass on to your children and to your children’s children? What positive impact and mark do you want to leave behind in this world? These are sobering questions. The Lord gives us His final will and testament, TWO testaments, in fact: Old and new! The Father gives us Jesus and His Church as our inheritance. What will you “put in the basket” and leave for others in the future and even give today?