𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲

“𝑺𝒆𝒆, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕.” 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟑:𝟖

As I come to the close of my year-long journey through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, I find myself returning to certain Scripture passages—not just for what they meant then, but for how deeply they mirror the chapters of our own lives.

This past Sunday’s celebration of Divine Mercy brought one of those moments into sharper focus. The Risen Christ has already appeared to Mary Magdalene, the tomb is empty, and the story has changed.
And yet, the disciples are still huddled together in a room with the doors shut and locked — afraid to step outside. In the week since the Resurrection, nothing has really changed for them until the Lord comes through the locked door.

If we’re honest, most of us have lived in that room at some point in our lives. Some of us may be living there right now.

Maybe it followed a job loss—sudden, unexpected, identity-shattering. The title is gone. The calendar is empty. The résumé sits untouched. The calls don’t get made. The door stays shut.

Maybe it followed the loss of someone you loved beyond measure. And now joy feels complicated — almost like a betrayal — so you hold your grief close and without realizing it, you begin to keep the world at a distance. The door stays shut.

Or maybe it’s something harder to name — fear of failing again, fear of being hurt again, fear of wanting something and not getting it, fear of stepping into a future that doesn’t yet have a shape you recognize. The door stays shut.

The locks on the door are different for each of us, but the room feels the same.

As an Executive and Career coach, a bereavement minister, and in my own spiritual journey, I’ve come to understand that the doors are always locked from the inside.

Fear does that.
So does anxiety.
Grief.
Guilt.
Regret.
Self-doubt.

And so does that relentless internal voice that says:

You’re not ready.
You’re not enough.
It’s not safe yet to move forward.

And yet — Jesus doesn’t wait outside.

He comes through the locked door and stands in the middle of the room and says, “Peace be with you”, his grace a gift offered directly to each of us.

But that locked door still must be opened from the inside so you can see His light.

𝐒𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮?

What is keeping you locked inside — and what would it look like to begin opening that door?

You don’t have to open the door all at once — you just have to be willing to reach for it to see the light.

And in my experience — that willingness is where the next resurrection begins for you.

To my clients, fellow coaches, and friends — may you find the courage to open the door — the light is already there, waiting for you. — Dr. K 🙏 ❤️ 😎

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