"I
ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God,
and Your God" (John 20:17).
In these words the Risen Christ described to Mary Magdalene
the mystery of His Resurrection. She carried this mysterious
message to His disciples, "as they mourned and wept"
(Mark 16:10). The disciples listened to these glad tidings
with fear and amazement, with doubt and mistrust. It appears
that only one of the Eleven did not doubt - St John, the
disciple "whom Jesus loved." He alone grasped
the mystery of the empty tomb at once: "and he saw,
and believed" (John 20:8). Even Peter left the sepulcher
in amazement, "wondering at that which was come to
pass" (Luke 24:12)