Fr. Nnamdi Moneme: Choosing the Inner Peace That Christ Offers Us

The risen Christ met His disciples behind locked doors, when they were afraid and terrified: “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst” (Jn. 20:19-31). And what did Jesus do then?

He did not try to drive the Jews away and prevent His disciples from any imminent harm. Neither did He ask His disciples to double-lock the doors for their safety. On the contrary, He offered them inner peace—that which He had won for them by His passion, death, and resurrection. “Peace be with you,” Jesus said. And then He “showed them His hands and His side.” He offered them peace even though they did not deserve it for they, too, had abandoned Him during His passion and death. …

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