After Jesus rose from the dead it was hard for others to believe. He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went to the disciples, who were grieving and weeping, and told them what had happened. But when she told them that Jesus was alive and she had seen him, they didn’t believe her. Perhaps they had forgotten his promise.

“Afterward, Jesus appeared in a different form to two of his followers who were walking from Jerusalem into the country. They rushed back to tell the others, but no one believed them. Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen. And then he told them, to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”