In short, the great message of this Sunday is that the Risen Christ is always there, even if we don't see him and even if we don't often recognize him. He meets us at the heart of our lives ...

They will never have any. It is a matter of faith, a faith that is based on witnesses who have had an encounter with the Risen Christ that has filled their hearts with a presence like no other.

He records a superb witness list to the fact of resurrection, that included people who were initially sceptical but saw the risen Christ and then believed. He is saying to the reader, here are names, ...