4/15/18: 3rd Sunday of Easter: Jesus is Alive (a.k.a. Why We Are Scared of Ghosts and Corpses)

In today's Gospel, Jesus appears to his apostles after his violent and humiliating death on the cross, and they are terrified because they think he is a ghost! And rightfully so because ghosts are scary! (For why we think this, listen to the podcast.) But to show that he is not a ghost, he makes it a point to allow the disciples to touch his body, and then he eats a piece of fish in front of them. All of this to show them that it is he, himself: Jesus, the One whom they have known and the One who knows them. It is this same Jesus who still lives today, and because He lives, a real relationship is possible with Him.