Preparation for Sunday mass: John 20:19-23

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

- What are the disciples afraid of? Are we afraid sometimes? Of what? How does fear influence our behavior?

- Jesus greets his disciples with peace? What is this peace? Do we sense this peace sometimes? How does this peace influence our behavior?

- Jesus breathed on them the Holy Spirit. What does this mean? How does this influence the behavior of the disciples? How does it influence us?

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