The new kind of life made possible by the Resurrection does not rely upon the forensic evidence of the empty tomb or the circumstantial evidence of the apparitions. The evidence is found in daily living . . . . Like love, faith in the Resurrection has its own reasonableness and quality of being, a heightened degree of wholeness that is caught rather than taught. Experiences, even Resurrection appearances, come and go. They become memories. We, however, know the Resurrection, in what the early disciples called the “Day of Christ.” It is the present moment illuminated with faith’s ability to see the invisible, to recognize the obvious. As Simone Weil wrote, ‘He comes to us hidden and salvation consists in our recognizing him.’ From Laurence Freeman OSB, Jesus the Teacher Within (New York: Continuum, 2000), pp. 62-63.
