Opening Our Minds

This Third Sunday of Easter calls us again to open our minds to the reality of a Rise Jesus, and the possibility of resurrection, transformation in our own lives. The Gospel recounts the appearance of Jesus to the Disciples on the evening of his resurrection.  The two disciples had just returned from Emmaus with the story of their encounter with the risen Jesus, however, doubt still persisted when Jesus appeared to them. He understood their doubt, let them touch him, ate with them and opened their minds to understand who he was and why he had to suffer and rise from the dead.  He was as persistent with them as they were persistent in their doubt, and with gentleness and patience convinced them to believe,  or perhaps simply BEGIN to believe  He allowed them time to absorb this reality, which when we think of it, is far-fetched,  a first in human experience.
When doubts, fears and anxieties bind us into inaction behind "locked doors", this passage from Luke 24: 48 has the power to free us and set us straight.  Jesus rose from the dead, everything is possible.  Why worry?
Bro. Rene