There is a fascinating meditation in the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius:  Imagine what it would be like if Jesus appeared to his mother after his resurrection. (#299) Though not recorded in scripture, it seems fitting that Mary would have been one of the people graced by the Lord’s resurrection appearances.  This exercise took me in a surprising direction. As with all the Ignatian exercises, I imagined the scene. Mary was working in a garden surrounded by a rock wall.  There was an open gate.  It was early morning.  The sun was rising through the gate.   I felt the breeze and the sun’s warmth on my skin, smelled the fresh…