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Hi everyone. 
Welcome back to the Daily 

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gospel, exegesis podcast, where 
our goal is, to help you 

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understand the literal sense of 
scripture and hopefully you 

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This is the only Catholic 
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single day we give you a verse 
by verse exegesis of the text So

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we have a longer text today, 
Luke chapter 24 verses thirty 

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five to forty eight. 
The disciples told their story 

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of what had happened on the 
road, and how they had 

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recognized. 
Jesus at the breaking of bread, 

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they were still talking about 
all this when Jesus himself 

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stood among them and said to 
them, peace be with you in a 

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state of alarm and fright. 
They thought they were seeing a 

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ghost. 
But he said why are you so 

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agitated? 
And why are these doubts rising 

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in your hearts? 
Look at my hands and feet. 

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Yes it is. 
I indeed touch me and see for 

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yourselves. 
A ghost has no Flesh and Bones. 

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As you see that I have And as he
said this, he showed them his 

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hands and feet. 
Their Joy was so great that they

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could not believe it and they 
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So he said to them, have you 
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And they offered him, a piece of
grilled fish, which he took and 

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ate before their eyes. 
Then he told them this is what I

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meant when I said while I was 
still with you that everything 

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written about me, in the law of 
Moses in the prophets and in the

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Psalms has to be fulfilled. 
He then opened their minds to 

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understand the scriptures and he
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So you see how it is written 
that the Christ would suffer and

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on the third day, rise from the 
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repentance for the Forgiveness 
of sins would be He preached to 

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all the nations beginning from 
Jerusalem, you are witnesses to 

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this. 
So that's our text for today and

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there's a lot going on here. 
Let's start with the context. 

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So this is Easter Sunday and 
Jesus has already appeared quite

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a few times. 
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women on the way back to tell 
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He has also appeared to Mary 
Magdalene and then the third 

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appearance happens just before 
this in Luke, that's when a 

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clear pass and the other 
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encounter Jesus. 
And remember in that story, Your

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pass, and the other disciple. 
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but eventually they do when 
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So, that would be the third 
appearance and then Jesus 

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disappears. 
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with them with clear pass, and 
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and then Jesus disappears. 
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other disciple, go back to 
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That's only a few hours of walk,
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evening. 
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Jerusalem, it's probably not 
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M, by the time they get back to 
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disciples. 
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apparently, Jesus appears to 
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it looks like Peter does already
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Verse 35, the disciples told 
their story of what had happened

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on the road, and how they had 
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breaking of the bread. 
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disciple, they come back to the 
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time and they tell them what's 
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how they recognized Jesus at the
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Now, we need to be careful here 
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what the other gospels tell us 
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So, apparently, at this point, 
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tell their story, Mark's gospel 
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disciples perhaps excluding 
Peter, don't believe the story. 

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They still don't believe. 
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Even after these two disciples 
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Come back and say we saw Jesus 
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The eleven are still skeptical, 
but there are some others in the

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room. 
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of a bigger group of Christian 
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story. 
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You've got a clear path and the 
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Emmaus into this room in 
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the broader disciples and the 
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They tell their story. 
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the other disciples do. 
So that's the situation by this 

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point, the apostles really 
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They've heard quite a few 
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Today of people saying they've 
seen Jesus and yet, for whatever

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reason they You don't believe 
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Now, notice what the two 
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recognize Jesus at the breaking 
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So breaking of the bread is a 
phrase that could be unpacked a 

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lot. 
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process of taking bread 
blessing, it breaking it and 

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then giving it out and that's 
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whether Jesus was intending to 
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Luke, and in Acts where Jesus 
does the so sorry, where the 

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apostles do the same thing, it 
appears that Jesus was doing a A

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Eucharistic celebration with 
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So it could well be in this is 
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deliberately wanted the two 
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recognize him once. 
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so he wants them to make a 
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and the Eucharist and st. 
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commentary on Luke 24. 
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the Lord wish to be recognized 
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It was for our sakes that he 
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because we weren't going. 
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And yet we were going to eat his
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So if you're a Believer, you may
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bread. 
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Absence is not an absence have 
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see is with you. 
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from Saint, Augustine about how 
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they got to the Eucharist 
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us to know that he is there in 
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Now, this conversation between 
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and the 11 is taking place in 
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In Jerusalem somewhere, there's 
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That the common phrase, the 11 
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apostles, but there's only 10 
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present as we learn later. 
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this time. 
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all this when Jesus himself 
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So the implication is that Jesus
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the room without walking through
the door and the catechism talks

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a lot about this because it 
appears that Jesus has new 

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abilities after his 
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Prior to his death. 
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apparently disappeared. 
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For example, when they try and 
throw him off the cliff, he 

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disappears, but before his 
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where he appears in a room just 
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So there's a new ability and 
lots has been written about 

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these new abilities particularly
in terms of how Christians when 

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they are resurrected will also 
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So that's kind of cool. 
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them is peace be with you. 
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be in a State of Shock and he 
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And Luke, he is says, in a state
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They thought they were seeing a 
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miraculously. 
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Does he does just miraculously 
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So it makes sense that they're 
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have bodies and they thinking 
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though when the Jews believed in
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They basically believe them to 
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kind of, like, demons appearing 
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So, that's what they're 
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If this is there. 
Quite frightened verse 38, Jesus

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says, why are you so agitated 
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I think in your hearts now, 
Jesus is about to explain why he

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says that because he thinks 
Jesus says there's some features

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of my body that you should have 
noticed and which should have 

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made them realize that he isn't 
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So they should have worked it 
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Now look includes this 
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of this whole appearance as we 
go on to see when Jesus shows 

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His body. 

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Think about Luke's audience, 
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Greeks. 
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And these Greeks don't believe 
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They think that's a ridiculous 
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So Luke is including this story 
and living out some others that 

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he could have included because 
he wants his Gentile, Greek 

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readers to understand the bodily
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So that there is no mistake. 
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11 look at my hands and feet. 
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I indeed So, Jesus new body, 
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different and it has new 
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It's still apparently bore the 
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And in fact, if you look at the 
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the marks of crucifixion even in
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He wants to the apostles to 
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same body that was crucified. 
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He's not a ghost. 
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yourselves. 
Our ghost has no Flesh and 

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Bones. 
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this, he showed them his hands 
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So he invites the apostles to 
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prove that he has a real 
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He's not a ghost, that's the 
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this passage st. 
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he's quite familiar with this 
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defend the real bodily nature of
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Because as you probably know the
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age, and they believed that 
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And so saying Ignatius uses this
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was a real body. 
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that that they could still not 
believe it and they stood there 

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dumbfounded. 
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but there aren't really sure 
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all means, or how to process it.
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good to be true or something. 
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Augustine again says about this,
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And they had to be persuaded of 
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Not only by their eyes, but by 
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So that through the bodily 
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down into the heart and Faith 
coming down into the heart, 

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might be preached throughout the
world, to people who neither 

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see, nor touched. 
And yet believed, so Sani Saint,

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Augustine believes that the 
apostles needed to see. 

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Jesus body, then needed to touch
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In order that they might have a 
very sure belief because they're

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going to have to go out and 
preach to people who haven't 

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seen Jesus at all. 
So they need to be firmly 

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convinced that it's him. 
So Jesus first says, look, At 

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me. 
Look at my hands and my feet and

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then he says come and touch my 
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And then he notices and this is 
actually made quite clear in our

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lectionary translation, he 
notices that they still are not 

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believing. 
So he says to them, have you 

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anything here to eat and they 
offered him, a piece of grilled 

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fish which he took and ate 
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Now, many have thought they just
take this verse out of context 

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and they say, oh, Jesus must be 
hungry. 

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I don't think that's the correct
interpretation. 

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I think an hour lectionary 
actually makes this quite clear 

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that Jesus notices that they 
still don't believe even after 

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they've touched him. 
So he decides that in order to 

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eliminate doubt from their mind 
that he's a ghost, he decides to

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eat in front of them. 
That's his plan, it's not that 

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Jesus is hungry in his 
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He probably doesn't feel hunger 
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He's deliberately eating in 
order to show them that he's not

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a ghost because ghosts would not
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way. 
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includes this somewhat strange 
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Luke is writing to Greeks, who 
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meant when I said while I was 
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So Jesus is about to remind them
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before his death, and he's going
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meant all along. 
Everything written about me in 

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the law of Moses in the prophets
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So that's a shorthand way of 
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He's about to say that the 
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was spoken about even in Poetic 
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Jesus says you can find 
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the entire Old Testament. 
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about? 
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although he probably does tell 
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We just don't get to hear the 
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He could be thinking of all 
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particular. 
Isaiah, of course, the suffering

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servant of Isaiah Zechariah and 
this some Psalms as well, which 

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talked about the Messiah to he 
says that everything written 

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about me in the law of Moses in 
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has to be fulfilled. 
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E fulfilled, early, the 
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the Old Testament and the 
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he meant. 
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seen him killed and resurrected.
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understand those prophecies. 
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about. 
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be fulfilled. 
That is the plan of God and the 

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disciples have now seen them 
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Verse 45. 
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minds to understand the 
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imply that Jesus. 
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Supernatural opening of their 
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interpretation. 
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is he doesn't extended speech 
where he goes through the Old 

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what he does with the other 
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He that he does he. 
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they don't understand yet, so he
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that will be amazing to be a 
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Jesus himself but we don't get 
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He gives them but something he 
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So he finishes in verse 46 by 
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So you seem See how it is 
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suffer. 
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out in Isaiah 52 and 53 and 
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And on the third day, rise from 
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here as well keeps saying the 
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Messiah must rise from the dead,
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Old Testament passage. 
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is thinking of. 
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remember, Joanna is in the fish 
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to dry land. 
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the Old Testament about how the 
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the dead. 
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obscure passages in the profits.
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particular which often isn't 
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the one that Jesus is thinking 
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says, God will revive us. 
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will raise us up to live in his 
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Says now in context, that's 
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after suffering but that's 
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informs Jesus understanding 
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By applying this to himself, 
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identity and Destiny of Israel 
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But then is raised up by God 
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really interesting passage in 
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attention. 
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So Jesus, now finishes that 
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these things were preached in 
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repentance for the Forgiveness 
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So, Jesus says that the Old 
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name of the Messiah, repentance 
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would be preached. 
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apostles are about to do in the 
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gospels Jesus gives more. 
Reconstructions about how he 

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wants them to do that and he 
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Matthew as well. 
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we're here. 
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shortened version. 
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name, in his name, repentance 
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would be preached. 
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it's that pretty clearly comes 
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about preaching, God's 
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Jesus. 
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add-on. 
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shouldn't preach. 
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mentioning Jesus. 
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the cross is that, that is now 
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And that's, of course, in the 
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reject, the message that the 
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them because they constantly 
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that allows forgiveness and the 
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that, they think it's blasphemy 
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repentance for the Forgiveness 
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Will only come if repentance 
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First repentance is what brings 
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include Jesus name as part of 
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repentance. 
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sins would be preached to All 
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Now there's lots of Old 
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about all nations. 
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the Kingdom of God. 
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the time did actually believe 
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the Kingdom. 
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But it appears that the Jews at 
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Gentiles will get into the 
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the Lord coming and forcing it 
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kind, making them submit to his 
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That's how they forcibly get, 
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But here Jesus says something 
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He says that the Jews must go 
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that the Gentiles will 
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kingdom. 
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Idea, that the apostles weren't 
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Jerusalem. 
Now again, there's lots of Old 

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Testament passages, which Jesus 
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talk about God, reigning over 
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Luke includes this passage in 
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his sequel. 
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well. 
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the Gospel of Luke and he wants 
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gospel of acts as well in the 
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If you read it, that's exactly 
the pattern the preaching starts

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in Jerusalem. 
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preached to All Nations from 
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move outwards from Jerusalem 
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So, Luke includes this phrase of
Jesus Has so that it matches the

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pattern that he's going to talk 
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Verse 48, the last thing Jesus 
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Now it's not clear what that 
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It could mean, you have already 
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maybe Jesus means you have seen 
me say these things. 

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Now go and do them or if it's a 
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Witnesses of this. 
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Witnesses of all the things you 
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Now go and do them something 
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the apostles. 
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of the kingdom of God, and 
they're about to be tasked with 

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preaching it. 
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where Jesus appears in the room 
is the fifth appearance of Jesus

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after his resurrection. 
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appearance to Peter earlier that
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Now remember, this has happened 
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Jesus appears five times on 
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This is the last one. 
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appearance as John 20:19. 
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when Jesus appears to be 
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information in John, he breeds 
on them and he commissions them 

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to have the power to forgive 
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Now, that's the end of our 
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If you read on the last few 
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the very next thing that happens
is Jesus gives them one final 

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final promise he is then taken 
up to heaven and that's the end 

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of Luke's gospel. 
So Luke doesn't mention any of 

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the Galilean post-resurrection 
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He pretty much has this Easter 
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the 40 days which is appears and
then the very next thing Luke 

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talks about is the Ascension. 
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because Luke's not writing to 
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necessary to talk about the 
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will look at those Galilean 
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That's after the Ascension which
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that's the end of Luke's gospel.
So a ride at the end of Luke's 

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gospel here. 
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That's the fifth appearance of 
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We've looked at today. 
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in the catechism, this passage, 
so I won't be able to read out 

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all of them. 
I'll try and put as many of 

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these as I can in the show notes
for you to look at though. 

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So, in paragraph, 644, we hear 
this even when faced, with the 

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reality of the Risen, Jesus, the
disciples are still doubtful. 

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So impossible, did the things 
seem? 

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They thought they were seeing a 
ghost. 

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In their Joy, they were still 
disbelieving and still 

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wondering, therefore, the 
hypothesis of the Resurrection 

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was produced by the apostles 
Faith or could do, Leti, will 

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not hold up on the, contrary, 
their faith in the resurrection 

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was born under the action of 
divine grace, from the direct 

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experience of the reality of the
Risen Jesus. 

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So, here, the catechism makes an
apologetic argument. 

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You'll sometimes, hear it said 
that Jesus didn't really rise 

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from the dead. 
The apostles just made it up 

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because they wanted to believe 
it. 

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They believe that he Rise again.
So they made it up here. 

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The catechism says that if we 
look at Luke chapter 24, even 

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when Jesus is standing right in 
front of them, they struggle to 

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believe. 
So, this theory that they just 

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made it up because the gullible 
or something that doesn't fit 

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with the data we have in the 
gospels here. 

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So, that's an interesting one 
and then paragraph 645, we have 

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a discussion about the fact that
the disciples touched him, it 

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says by means of touch and the 
sharing of a meal. 

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The Risen Jesus establishes 
direct contact with the 

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Disciples. 
He invites them in this way to 

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recognize that he is not a ghost
and above all to verify that the

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Risen body in, which he appears 
to them, is the same body that 

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had been tortured and crucified 
for it's still Bears. 

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The traces of his passion yet at
the same time, this authentic, 

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real body. 
Possesses the new properties of 

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a glorious body. 
Not limited by space and time 

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but able to be present how, and 
when he Wills For Christ's 

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Humanity can no longer be 
confined to Earth and belongs. 

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Henceforth only to the father's 
Divine realm. 

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For this reason to the Risen 
Jesus enjoys, the Sovereign 

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freedom of appearing as he 
wishes in the guise of a 

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gardener or in other forms 
familiar to his disciples 

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precisely to awaken their faith.
So that's a nice summary of what

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Jesus body looks like and has 
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Now, paragraph 999 of the 
catechism is in the discussion 

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about the final Resurrection on 
Judgement Day and it says 

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something really interesting 
about the fate of all 

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Christians. 
It says Christ is raised with 

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his own body. 
See my hands and my feet that it

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is I myself, but he did not 
return to a purely Earthly life.

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So in him, all of them will rise
again with their own bodies 

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which they now bear. 
But Christ will change. 

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Our lowly body to be like his 
glorious. 

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This body into a spiritual body.
So that's an interesting 

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paragraph. 
The Catholic Church teaches that

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one day of the Resurrection, 
Christian believers. 

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If they make it to the 
resurrection will have a very 

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similar body to what Jesus had. 
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Jesus says, there's those 
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which are fulfilled in his own 
death and resurrection and the 

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catechism spends a lot of time 
talking about the unity of 

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scriptures so in paragraph 11 
to. 

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So right near the start of the 
catechism about how to interpret

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scripture, it says be especially
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unity of the whole scripture 
different as the books which can

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pose that maybe scripture is a 
Unity by reason of the unity of 

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God's plan of which Christ. 
Jesus is the center and heart 

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open since he's Passover. 
Paragraph 601. 

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Discusses it, in a similar way, 
talks about how Jesus died in 

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accordance with the scriptures, 
so there's a full paragraph 

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there. 
I'll include that in the show 

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notes, paragraph. 26, 25 says 
something similar about the way 

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we should read the Bible. 
Particularly the Psalms, how the

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Psalms will fill Jesus. 
Paragraph, 2763, says all the 

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scriptures, the law, the 
prophets, and the Psalms are 

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fulfilled in Christ. 
This gospel is the good. 

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News. 
So that phrase, they're the law,

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the prophets, and the Psalms 
come straight out of Luke 24. 

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Paragraph 1 hour 8. 
Again this is in the section 

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about the Bible. 
It says the scripture. 

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If the scriptures are not to 
remain as a dead letter Christ, 

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the Eternal Word of the Living, 
God must through the Holy 

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Spirit. 
Open our minds to understand the

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scriptures. 
So, just as Jesus does in Luke 

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24, he opens the Apostle of 
mind. 

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That same opportunity is 
available to us when we study 

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the scriptures. 
If we want to understand them 

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properly, we must allow the Holy
Spirit to open our minds to 

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understand the scriptures. 
Paragraph. 981, there's a 

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discussion about how Jesus gives
us ends his Apostles to preach 

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repentance and it talks about 
that in connection with the 

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church. 
Having the power of the Keys of 

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the Kingdom to Grant forgiveness
to people paragraph, 11 20. 

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There's a discussion there about
that line where it says, go in 

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my name. 
So it says, the ordained 

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priesthood guarantees. 
That it really is Christ who 

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acts in the, sacraments through 
the holy spirit for the church. 

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The saving Mission entrusted. 
By the father to his incarnate. 

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Son was committed to the 
apostles, and through them, to 

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their successes, they receive 
the spirit of Jesus to act in 

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his name and in his person. 
So just as the apostles are 

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given the ministry to go in 
Jesus name. 

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So the priests today continue to
do the same thing. 

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And then lastly, there's a 
discussion about in paragraph 

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130 for about confirmation. 
How just as here as the apostles

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are called Witnesses. 
It says, the in confirmation 

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confirmation is given only once 
for it to imprints on the soul 

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an indelible spiritual Mark the 
character, which is the On that.

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Jesus Christ has marked a 
Christian with the Seal of his 

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Spirit, by clothing him with 
power from on high so that he 

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may be his witness. 
So all Catholics who were 

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confirmed are called to be 
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the apostles are So that's a 
long episode. 

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Thank you for listening today. 
Hope you learn something new. 

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