Guest House Daily Reflections

Many scholars believe none of the gospel writers knew the historical Jesus.  Like St  Paul and all their readers, they knew only the risen Jesus.  They could see and  experience the risen Jesus: he was present in the community of believers.  He was  transforming people who had been strangers and enemies into a different kind of  people: loving, forgiving, concerned about all who were broken and suffering.  He is truly risen: how else could all this be happening??