Touch Me Not

Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God and your God. John 20:17 Mary! -- Rabboni! Thus the Master had appealed to the inmost soul of His disciple, overpowered with grief because of her futile efforts to find the body of Him whom her whole being loved. And thus, in a sudden flash of recognition, the disciple had responded with a shout of joy and aston­ishment,...