Msgr. Richard C. Antall: Did the Resurrected Christ Appear to His Blessed Mother?

St. John’s Gospel twice (John 20:30 and John 21:35) mentions that Jesus “did” many other signs for the disciples after the Resurrection that are not found in Scripture. In fact, the Evangelist says that if all that Jesus did were written down, “the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.”

Each Gospel has a different twist about the Resurrection appearances, and St. Paul also has a partial list in 1 Corinthians 15: 4-9. St. Mark says that Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene (Mark 16:19-20). St. Matthew says that Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” after they first encounter an angel. He then skips ahead to Galilee where Christ commissions the apostles (Matthew 28). …