According to St Paul love is patient. In that case Jesus must have drawn on the depths of His patience when He found His followers so slow to accept the fact of His resurrection. Though He was alive they preferred to remember Him as crucified. Mary of Magdala found the apostles in tears and unprepared for the mission to which they were being called. The two who returned to Jerusalem with the news that Jesus had walked with them on the road met with a cool reception. On all sides among the followers there was a lack of enthusiasm and a tendency to remain in grief.

The Apostles had good news for the world and later we find Peter and John unable to be restrained from sharing this news with everyone. Christ wants us also to make Him known. We have to convince ourselves that it is through us, His people, that others will come to a relationship with Him. Our faith is not meant to be kept but to be shared.