Correggio, Noli Me Tangere; 1525

‘GOD is all-powerful and delights in showing himself in that which is weakest; he is infinitely good and glorious in rewarding such as love him. This explains how it was our Jesus gave to Magdalen and her companions the first proofs of his Resurrection, and so promptly consoled them. They were even weaker than the Bethlehem shepherds; they were, therefore, the objects of a higher preference. The Apostles themselves were weaker than the weakest of the earthly powers they were to bring into submission; hence they too were initiated into the mystery of Jesus’ triumph. But Magdalen and her companions had loved their Master even to the Cross and in his tomb, whereas the Apostles had abandoned him; they therefore had a better claim than the Apostles to Jesus’ generosity, and richly did he satisfy the claim.””

— Dom Prosper Guéranger, Thursday in Easter Week

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