The
risen Jesus is not bound to any place or person. He is totally free. Simplicity and freedom belong together.
Mary
met Jesus after the Resurrection, but not as he was met by Mary of Magdala or
Peter or the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
She didn’t need to be convinced of anything. Her heart was so simple, so pure, so free
that her encounter with her risen Son could be completely interior. A heart that truly knows Jesus doesn’t need
an apparition… I know now that the purer and simpler my heart is, the more
clearly I will see – wherever I am.
--Henri Nouwen,
Jesus and Mary: Finding Our Sacred Center
Image source: James Tissot, The Appearance of Christ at the Cenacle (1886-1894)
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