Sometimes we have to back up and zoom out when we read Scripture. It's helpful to see certain patterns. In Sunday's Gospel reading Jesus appears to a group of people who are afraid and says, Peace be with you. They didn't receive that peace until He showed them His wounds, then repeats the Peace and breathes on them and says, Receive the Spirit. In this case, it's to enable them to forgive sins. If we zoom out we see two things, fear and breathing. Both those are in the first two chapters of Genesis. This signals a new creation within creation.
