Restoring Love

Stetit Iesus in medio eorum... Nota, quod amor solet formari aliquando ex visu, aliquando ex audito, aliquando ex tactu, aliquando ex convictu. Diligimus enim illum, in quo bonum vidimus, vel a quo bonum audivimus, vel in quo bonum experi sumus, vel cui bene conviximus. His omnibus modis reformat Salvator cartitatem discipulorum in die resurrectionis, quae laesa fuerat in tempore passionis. Dedit enim se discipulis cognoscibilem ex visu; unde hoc dicitur: Stetit in medio eorum; et paulo post: Ostendit eis manus et latus. Ex auditu, quando salutavit eos; unde hoc dicitur: Pax vobis. Ex tactu, cum vocavit eos ad palpandum; Lucae ultimo: Palpate et videte, quia spiritus carnem et ossa non habet, sicut me videtis habere. Ex convictu, quando quaesivit aliquid ad comedendum; unde Lucae ultimo: Habetis hic aliquid, quod manducetur. Sanctus Bonaventura, Collationes In Evangelium Ioannem, Caput XX, Collatio LXXIV Source: Here, p622

Jesus stood in the midst of them... 1 Note that love is sometimes accustomed to be fashioned by sight, sometimes by hearing, sometimes by touch, sometimes by association. For we love him in whom we have seen good, or of whom we have heard good, or with whom we have had proof of love, or with whom we have closely associated. In all these ways, on the day of the resurrection, the Saviour restores the love of the disciples, which was wounded during the time of the passion. He gives to His disciples knowledge by sight, whence it says here: 'He stood in the midst of them,' and a little after: 'He showed them His hands and side.' By hearing when he greets them, whence it says here: 'Peace be with you.' By touch when he calls them to touch him, in the last chapter of Luke: 'Touch and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and blood, as you see that I have.' 2 And by association when He sought something to eat, whence again in the last chapter of Luke: 'Do you have something here which may be eaten?' 3 Saint Bonaventura, Observations On The Gospel Of Saint John, Chapter 20 1 John 20.19 2 Lk 24.39 3 Lk 24.41