And as they were eating he took some bread, and when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to them. ‘Take it,’ he said ‘this is my body.’

It is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’

he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.’

As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.

I shall not call you servants any more, because a servant does not know his master’s business;

I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.

I am the vine, you are the branches.

World Day of Prayer for Vocations

‘Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts rising in your hearts? ... a ghost has no flesh and bones as you can see I have.’

‘You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.’

Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.