Among his chosen apostles one betrayed him for money, all ran away at his arrest, and one saved himself by cursing and lying that he did not know Jesus.
Full apostolic failure!
The faithful remnant was in Mary his mother, another Mary who used to have seven demons, some other women, the Pharisee Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea.
Then the Resurrection broke in from beyond both failure and faithfulness.
At times things may tend to be as they were in the beginning, as they may now be, and as they may ever be until our heavenly Father’s Kingdom come.
