2nd Sunday of Easter (3)

We are ending the Easter Octave. But Easter is not over. The Easter Season goes on. Today we also remember Divine Mercy Sunday.

Today’s Gospel gives us one strong picture: locked doors and open wounds.

The disciples are in a room together. The door is locked. They are …

They locked the doors. The Gospel tells us this twice, as if to emphasize the sheer finality of their fear. These were not doors gently closed, left ajar for a passing breeze. These were doors bolted, barred, sealed against the world outside. The disciples had seen their …

So in this evening’s Gospel we hear the familiar story of the Risen Christ appearing to the disciples in the Upper Room.

I’ve just come back from a retreat with all the Parish Catechists where we watched the movie, Risen, which starred Ralph Joseph 1 Fiennes as the …