Lord Jesus Christ, by your glorious resurrection,

    in which you appeared alive and immortal

    to your disciples and faithful followers,

    by your forty days abiding and sweet converse,

    in which by many infallible proofs,

    speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God,

    you comforted them and assured them of your actual resurrection,

    removing all doubt from their hearts;

grant that we may be numbered

    among those appointed to be witnesses to your resurrection,

    not only by the words of our mouths,

    but by the evidence of our good works;

to your honour and glory,

  for you are alive and reign,

    with the Father and the Holy Spirit,

      one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Ludolph of Saxony (c.1295 – 1378) German Carthusian & Catholic theologian

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During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.