If you can do a Big Bang, then you can do just about anything. The risen Jesus is not exactly the same as Jesus before his death. We would not expect that. Exactly how he is like what he used to be and yet still different is an interesting but irrelevant question. Yet we cannot escape from the fact that the very earliest Christians, aware of all the mysterious differences, still asserted that it was the same Jesus, a Jesus who could break bread, who could eat and drink and who could set their hearts on fire.
Theological speculations are useful, up to a point.
The point arrives when they try to explain mystery or explain it away. Holy Week does not leave us in the dark but dazzles us with light. Click Images To Enlarge Click Images To Enlarge Click Images To Enlarge Click Images To Enlarge Click Images To Enlarge Check out Andrew Greeley's Columns for the Chicago SunTimes's Daily Southtown .