passage. The guys split; the girl stayed. It was the girl who God met after his resurrection, not the guys. Just as when Jesus took the time to heal the woman who suffered from constant bleeding—something that his disciples would have thought hardly worth his attention—he took the time to let Mary know he was alive before he ascended to his Father. Think about that for a moment. Jesus hadn’t ascended to his Father yet. It’s not inconceivable that the only reason he hadn’t ascended yet was for Mary’s sake;