Even after news of the Resurrection broke, the disciples were still plagued by fear. So Jesus visited them, with His very living, real presence, to instill in them His peace.
This is the presence and the peace that draws us to God, and by which we go forth to bear witness, as living testimonies, to the way God has transformed our lives for Him. Truly we are no longer afraid, but go forth boldly, proclaiming forth the news of Jesus Alive.
On that Sunday night after the Resurrection, God made Himself present to the Apostles in the Risen Jesus, because He had more to do to work on them. And in that time of what Father Tom at St. Martin de Porres Parish referred to in his homily as a "power failure", huddled in fear, the Apostles banded together, for they were to be the Church that would be a as a living testimony of the Resurrection to all the world.
We today are encouraged to believe because of the power of their testimony that has been handed on to us, so that we even we don't see, we believe, and are blessed, as Jesus said.
(Sorry for the delay. I was thinking over this, and then it got caught in draft limbo.)
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