In reading the Resurrection chapters of the four Gospels, the differences between the accounts are obvious.

Not one of the evangelists recounts the actual Resurrection. It is an event that is taking place within the mystery of God, between Jesus and the Father; by its very nature, the resurrection event lies outside human experience.

What lessons can we learn about the Resurrection from each of the Gospel accounts?

One day the newly installed pastor walked around the streets of his new parish to acquaint himself with the people in the neighborhood. One of his first stops was at the local shoemaker's shop.

The pastor talked to the cobbler, using, at times, some lofty theological language. The cobbler replied with keen understanding and deep spiritual insight that left the pastor astonished. "You shouldn't be cobbling shoes," started the pastor. "A man with understanding and a clear manner of expressing those thoughts should not be doing such menial, secular work."

The cobbler was quick to reply, "Pastor, you better take that back now!" "Take what back?" asked the pastor. "Take back," responded the cobbler, "that I'm just doing menial, secular work."

This second session presents a number of examples of how the Pastoral Spiral worked with High School Youth and College Students in Sierra Leone as well as on High School group here in USA as well as the Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Wester on inviting us to a conversation on Nuclear Disarmament.

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