3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER
After the Resurrection Narratives in John's Gospel, Chapters 20 & 21, my favorite Easter gospel story is the Road To Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35. From my childhood to the present day, each Easter Season whenever I hear or read about the journey of the two anonymous disciples, my heart burns with zeal just as theirs did. What starts as an eager passage of two believers from town to village, becomes a profound conversation with the Risen, but as of yet unrecognized Glorified, Christ. Our Gospel Proclamation on this 3rd Sunday of Easter is essentially the follow-up to the Road to Emmaus event. Speaking to them of the necessity the Christ had to suffer, He shows the disciples His wounds and proceeds to help them understand the Scrptures, so as to be able to begin to appreciate the meaning and purpose of the Paschal Mystery. Sharing a meal together representative of the Eucharist, this exchange underscores the primacy of the Word of God in the lives of believers. The insight for us as Jesus' followers here and now, is that we experience the fullness of the Paschal Mystery, His Passion, Death, and Resurrection, from both the table of the Liturgy of the Word and the table of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. That is why Sunday Mass is the essential link we have to discovering the presence of the Risen and Redeeming Jesus in our midst. May you take that redemptive presence with you into the 3rd week of Easter ahead.........Fr. Troy
After the Resurrection Narratives in John's Gospel, Chapters 20 & 21, my favorite Easter gospel story is the Road To Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35. From my childhood to the present day, each Easter Season whenever I hear or read about the journey of the two anonymous disciples, my heart burns with zeal just as theirs did. What starts as an eager passage of two believers from town to village, becomes a profound conversation with the Risen, but as of yet unrecognized Glorified, Christ. Our Gospel Proclamation on this 3rd Sunday of Easter is essentially the follow-up to the Road to Emmaus event. Speaking to them of the necessity the Christ had to suffer, He shows the disciples His wounds and proceeds to help them understand the Scrptures, so as to be able to begin to appreciate the meaning and purpose of the Paschal Mystery. Sharing a meal together representative of the Eucharist, this exchange underscores the primacy of the Word of God in the lives of believers. The insight for us as Jesus' followers here and now, is that we experience the fullness of the Paschal Mystery, His Passion, Death, and Resurrection, from both the table of the Liturgy of the Word and the table of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. That is why Sunday Mass is the essential link we have to discovering the presence of the Risen and Redeeming Jesus in our midst. May you take that redemptive presence with you into the 3rd week of Easter ahead.........Fr. Troy
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