Acts 3:11-26; Luke 24:35-48
When we, like the disciples in today’s Gospel, are troubled, what restores our peace? The humanity of Jesus Christ. The risen Lord says to the distressed disciples, “Look at my hands and my feet… Touch me and see.” To prove that they are not “seeing a ghost,” Jesus takes the piece of baked fish given to him and eats it in front of the disciples. Jesus woos us away from anxiety with the words, “Why do questions arise in your hearts?” The pierced man who stands before us is our Answer. The repentance and conversion that Saint Peter preaches make it possible for God to “grant you times of refreshment and send you the Christ already appointed for you, Jesus.” “All the holiness God has destined for our souls has been placed in the humanity of Christ, and it is from this source that we must draw” (Blessed Columba Marmion). Those who dare to look at Jesus’ wounds and live as “witnesses of these things” hear the risen Christ say, “Peace be with you.”
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