Transforming (phase 4) - Jesus appears to his disciples behind closed doors – Divine Mercy Sunday (step 29) - session 3c

Luke 24:36-49
Mk 16:14-18 (cont.)

Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." - Mk 16:12-18

In St. Mark's version, as contrasted w/ St. Luke's this appearance doesn't happen while the disciples whom Jesus met on the road to Emmaus are basically still speaking. Rather, the other disciples have had a chance to not believe their testimony, so Jesus takes them to task for it. Here he commissions them to preach the gospel to the whole world.. The signs Jesus mentions are not intended to be tests which we are to seek out, but situations we might encounter.

This reminds me of an incident that happened one evening during Triduum, perhaps Holy Thursday. I am not quite certain of it, but I may have received a miracle. I was pressing my clothes for the evening and for Friday's services, and was rushing a bit. I was working on the tapered end of the ironing board, and had the iron turned away from myself. I had positioned my pants to press the pleated top, and inattentively reached for the iron when I felt something wrong. I looked down as I quickly withdrew my hand, and it looked like I had reached around the entire iron rather than grabbing the handle, and my finger appeared to have made contact with the base plate. But I was not burned in the slightest.

Again, I am not certain, but it seemed to me as if God had protected me from getting burned.

I'd like to be more certain, so that I could provide more assuring testimony to it.