“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants […]
On resurrection Sunday Jesus had to open his followers’ eyes so they could truly see him for who he is, and see the scriptures for what they say about him. Before this they were seeing with the eyes of their […]
Last week we looked at two encounters with Jesus on Resurrection Sunday. The first with the two men on the road to Emmaus that Sunday afternoon: When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke […]
Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied. (Blind Bartimaeus, Luke 18:40-41) As I was reading the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection appearances I was struck by three encounters: The first […]