1. JESUS CHRIST: GOD’S REVELATION TO THE WORLD CHAPTER 9 JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

2. Journal Respond to the following: Towards the end of the Second World War, at the age of sixteen, I was snatched out of school and conscripted into the army. After a hasty training in the barracks at Würzburg I arrived at the front, which by that time had already advanced over the Rhine into Bavaria. My company consisted solely of young people, well over a hundred of them. One evening the company commander sent me with a message to battalion headquarters. I wandered during the night through shattered, burning villages and farmsteads, and when next morning I returned to my company I found only the dead: dead bodies, overwhelmed by a combined fighter-bomber and tank attack. I could only look into the still, dead faces of all those with whom on the previous days I had shared the anxieties of childhood and the joys of youth. I cannot remember anything but a silent cry. I can still see myself there today, and my childhood dreams have collapsed before that memory. A great gap had been torn in my powerful Bavarian Catholic socialization with its well-knit trust. What happens if one does not go to a psychologist, but into the church, and if one cannot be talked out of such unreconciled experiences either by the church or by theology, but together with them wants to believe and together with them wants to talk about God? - Johann Baptist Metz

3. Journal As I've had the chance to reflect and pray over the last few days about the violence present in our world, I have been struck particularly by the moment of fraction during the Eucharistic prayer at mass-- reminded that Christ's broken body unites us with all of the brokenness in our world, wherever that may be, and even when we are left speechless and without answers, we can know in faith that our God feels that brokenness just as much as we do. I was also struck this afternoon during a talk by Gustavo Gutierrez that I had the privilege to attend by the incredible reality of God's unconditional love for every single person on earth, which Gustavo highlighted. In this time of tragedy, his statement reminded me that even the perpetrators of senseless violence are unconditionally loved children of God, and my heart breaks for them as it also breaks for the victims of their crimes. My prayer tonight is that all people come to a deep, soul-level knowledge that they are wholly loved, and that such knowledge leads them to live lives of profound love, mercy, and peace.

4. The Resurrection (Part 1) Dr. Rice argues in favor of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ by responding to six questions. Analyze his answers to these questions. Tell which one is your favorite and least favorite? Why?

5. The Resurrection (Part 2) Read: Mark 14-15, Matthew 25-26, or Luke 22-23 How does this contrast with John 18-19? Name at least 3 details you find significant. Explain why the differences are significant to you.