The Book of the Resurrection of Christ (Paris Fragments) 4

1'… [the peace] which I have received from My Father. This is the peace which My Father gave unto Me when I came into the world, and I will give it unto you, O ye who are My disciples.'

2Mary said unto her Son, 'Jesus, my Lord, and my only Son, bless Thou me, for I am Thy mother who gave birth unto Thee, before Thou departest into the heavens to Thy Father, if indeed Thou wilt not allow me to touch Thee.' Then Jesus, the Life of all of us, answered and said unto her, 'Thou shalt take thy seat with Me in My kingdom.'

3Believe me, O my brethren the holy Apostles, I Bartholomew saw the Son of God mounted upon the chariot of the Cherubim, and thousands of thousands [of angels] stood round about ready to cry out 'Hallelujah'.

4Then our Saviour stretched out His right hand, and blessed the Virgin. I saw the heavens open, and the seven firmaments, and I saw a finger of a shining hand like unto that of a man, which laid itself on the head of the Holy Virgin. Now this was the hand of the Almighty. And He blessed her, saying, 'Thou shalt be blessed in heaven and upon earth, and thou shalt be called by the Seraphim "the city of the Great King"'; and all the hosts of heaven made answer 'Amen'. And He said unto her, 'When thou shalt come forth from the body I, even I, will come unto thee with Michael and Gabriel. We will not permit thee to feel fear before Death, whom the whole world is wont to hold in dread. I will take thee into the place of immortality, and thou shalt be with Me in My kingdom. I will set thy body under the Tree of Life, and Cherubim having a sword of fire shall watch over it, and shall bear (?) it [there] until the day of My kingdom.' These were the things which the Saviour spake unto His mother.

5Then [Mary] departed and made known to the Apostles that the Lord had risen from the dead, and had said, 'Come ye to Galilee at dawn to-morrow, and I will give unto you My peace which My Father gave unto Me.' Then Mary came and found the Apostles, who were on the Mount of Olives, and were about to offer up a sacrifice to the Lord, and she took part in the sacrifice with them. And the great archbishop made answer …