Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when ...

The Lord arrives when Thomas is out. The disciples are gathered in fear behind locked doors. Jesus appears and fills them with joy. He confers on them a mission ...

Jesus comes to us as he came to the first disciples, right in the midst of our fear, pain, doubt, and confusion. He comes speaking peace.

John's language seems to grant broad powers to the church to forgive or retain sins. It may help to remember that throughout John's Gospel “sin” has referred to ...

1 апр. 2024 г. · Jesus makes his way into the midst of their fear, showing them his very scarred self. By doing so, Jesus is doing them a grace of stooping down ...

11 апр. 2021 г. · Jesus stands in their midst. He greets them in a sign of peace, not retribution. He breathes on the Apostles, evocative of the power of God ...

4 апр. 2018 г. · John 20:19-31: In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear ...

10 авг. 2019 г. · This Gospel shows us that there are different kinds of faith, and that faith comes in different ways and with differing intensities to different ...

19 апр. 2009 г. · Gospel reading. John 20:19-31. On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of ...

The. Catholic position remained the same as it had been for centuries, that the power to forgive sins was retained in the Sacrament of Penance and was exercised ...