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The Road to Emmaus by Sr. Marie-Paul Farran, OSB, of the Monastery on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Her community is a small, cloistered group of French-speaking nuns. One of their main sources of support is the sale of Sister Marie-Paul’s icons, both originals and reproductions. The Printery House of Conception Abbey in Missouri is a North American defender of her copyright. http://www.printeryhouse.org/ProdPage.asp?Prod=M18; http://www.theemmaushouse.org/icon-of-emmaus; http://www.benedictinesmontdesoliviers.org/. Tags: woman
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR A
26th April 2020
Acts 2:14,22-33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35.
The sacramental presence of Jesus Christ in the Breaking of Bread is a profession of His death and resurrection. When we partake of the one bread and the one cup, we are proclaiming the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The sacramental presence conveyed through signs and symbols are perceptible to the sense, hence the two disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus Christ at the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Christ is truly risen! As the gospel of the day reads, something prevented the two disciples from recognizing Jesus Christ as he walked along with then on the road to Emmaus. They had all the facts about his teaching and arrest, but could not make sense of his resurrection. They aligned Jesus’ mission with the hope of gaining an independent Jewish state, but this too did not rhyme with the story of rising from the dead. They were surprised that Jesus Christ had been in Jerusalem ignorant of the recent happenings. ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days’.
Their encounter with the risen Lord on the road to Emmaus became for them a journey through the history recorded in the scriptures. The risen Lord schooled them on the divine plan of salvation that will culminate in the sacramental presence – the Eucharist. He built up their faith through the scriptures such that in the Eucharist, they recognized Him. Through the readings of the Liturgy of the Word, our faith is built into understanding the presence of God. As devout Catholics, we should be proud of the presence of God in the Holy Eucharist. Every Holy Mass is like another Emmaus encounter.
Anthony Ekpunobi, CM.