Every time I am reminded of Jesus’s humanity, it blows my mind. Here in today’s reading, we find God, standing in front of His followers, a man made of flesh and bone, and he hungers. In the act of eating a simple meal of grilled fish - provided by someone else, mind you, not conjured by a miracle - he displays his authentic frail ‘humanness’ to them and to us all.  

In today’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and greets them with the words "Peace be with you."

Now, if I were a theatre director, I would be forced to read between the lines to see what was really going on. This would not be the ‘peace be with you’ that we say in church today, all calm and kindly. The disciples must be having an intense reaction to seeing a man who had died just days before suddenly appearing in their midst. With the door locked, too! And he wears the wounds of his death. What would your reaction be?

I definitely don’t want to die yet, even though I believe that life goes on with Christ. Like Paul, my work isn’t finished. However, in my case I’m concerned about my children. I strive to survive for them.