St. Francis de Sales guides us in this Easter meditation:
“Consider that after a deluge of sorrow, of torments, and of anguish, Our Savior rose from the tomb by His own power; He came forth by His own might. Behold your dear Jesus more triumphant than ever; behold the sign of Jonas come to pass; behold your dear Jesus alive!
With what gladness was the company of the apostles ravished, when they saw once more among them the holy Humanity of our Savior raised to life again, and glorious.
Consider how needful it was that the kind Savior should go and visit His disciples. Their faith, their hope, their charity were all wavering. Our Savior came to strengthen them. “It is I, Myself, My dear disciples, see my hands and my feet, and the wound in my side.”
Source: Meditations and Conferences for a Retreat of Ten Days