St. Luke’s account of the Resurrection, the last Chapter of his Gospel, is dominated by the scene of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. You might well think that rather odd. Yes, Luke does briefly mention the…
After the worst possible thing: the best possible thing. No: better even than that. Far, far better. Still each year when we keep this Vigil, the newness of it, the magnitude of it, catches us as if in the throat. The explosion of new life. No, better than just…
St. Luke’s account of Christ’s Resurrection from the dead is similar to that of St. John. Both have the startlingly sudden appearance among the assembled Apostles on Easter Day, with the greeting “Peace be...
At the end of the Prologue to his Gospel, St. John tells us: No one has ever seen God. But the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known (1:18). We are rightly used to thinking of St. Thomas as...
All of us are here because we believe that Jesus is risen from the dead. What do we mean when we say we believe Jesus is risen? One of the Gospel accounts of the appearances...
