Immediate Word

This week’s gospel text features Luke’s version of the same events John depicted last week: Jesus appearing to the disciples after the resurrection and calming their jangled nerves. But instead of Thomas picking at Jesus’ wounds, we get a much less dramatic scene as Jesus and the disciples easily slip into a familiar interaction: sharing a bite of fish while he “open[s] their minds to understand the scriptures.” The lection concludes with Jesus’ observation that “You are witnesses of these things.”