They stood there dumbfounded.
These Easter readings are indeed the most intense.
If these are true then the whole world is changed for ever and all doubt confounded.
These too-few Resurrection readings, so joyous pervade our every sense.
They saw His hands, His feet, yet still they stood there doubting.
And I too, in this country garden, can say yes there is the beauty of the hyacinth, yet I see it.
All their doubts were dismissed by the grilled fish He was eating.
Surely we can believe, accept not in mental carping and keep the feeble flame of faith lit.
He opened their eyes to understand scripture.
And I am reading this Gospel story now too.
They were witnesses to this. They were there. I can only conceive in mental picture.
But can it not be real for us too
Jesus himself stood among them.
And He is saying to us too. Peace be with you. Amen.