Jesus after his resurrection had appeared to the Apostles. His body was now still human but Glorified by his life , his works and most of all by his Crucifixion/Resurrection . Maybe it was not for " forty " days but he  had been with them and teaching for some time However,  it was not long enough for the Apostles to fully understand "My kingdom is not of this world" as they still looked for a political outcome of all the momentous events  that they had witnessed,

We are still struggling to understand the Father's revelation coming through you and the Holy Spirit  Let us have true hope for our futures and let not our Christian Hope become a wishful thinking. Thy will be done!

Jesus lived his whole life subverting his human will to that of the Father. His life is one of service to the Poor in Spirit, to the broken in body and mind, to those possessed and obsessed with the devilish delights of this world. When Jesus walked the  paths of tortured Palestine and taught in today's war-torn Temple. His mission and his message was "Love another as I and the  Father love one another ." . Not only the Apostles but we too have been entrusted with the same message/mission. Jesus is with us we must not be afraid.

Dear Lord let me this day accept your mission joyfully and let the mess that is your own homeland come to be solved even though your name is singularly missing from the diatribes of either party. Help all your people.