third easter
The two disciples who could not recognize Jesus risen from the dead… do we dare call them foolish? One would think that they would recognize Christ when he came up to them. They were after all looking for Jesus, they had heard from others that he was risen from the dead… suddenly when he was right there in front of them they could not recognize him for who he was. But do we dare call them foolish?
If they are foolish they are no more foolish then each of us. It is Easter, starting at sunset on the Saturday before Easter Sunday and for the fifty days after we are in the season of Easter. This is Eastertide the time when we attempt to make overwhelmingly clear that the Lord is Risen Indeed.
But how often are we, even now in the midst of Easter, foolish… How often even now in the great fifty days when we Celebrate that the Lord is risen… do we not recognize that fact… how often is Christ walking right next to us on the road and we do not even know it.
There is no argument I can give you to prove it. Christ in today’s gospel gave what must have been the best argument ever proving that the Old Testament prophesied all the events of his life, even that he would rise from the dead. This argument, these lessons, made the hearts of the disciples burn they were so glorious… but these arguments, arguments from the very lips of Christ, could not reveal to them that it was Christ walking the road with them.
What revealed Christ to them was when before the meal Christ broke bread. Suddenly with that action he was revealed. It was a simple action of fellowship, a daily action common to every person no matter how rich or poor, an action that takes place in every culture under roof and stars. It was the action of starting a meal.
And it is when we sit to eat, it is whenever we gather together in fellowship that Christ is in our midst. You will see him if you allow yourself to see him. Invoke his name and he will be in the midst of you.
As Easter continues and beyond Easter as the year goes on in its cycle allow yourself to see Christ in your midst. Do not be foolish; do not walk with Christ for hours with your hearts afire and not see him there. Whenever two or three are gathered together in his name he is in the midst of them. Come together in his name and see the risen Lord.
If they are foolish they are no more foolish then each of us. It is Easter, starting at sunset on the Saturday before Easter Sunday and for the fifty days after we are in the season of Easter. This is Eastertide the time when we attempt to make overwhelmingly clear that the Lord is Risen Indeed.
But how often are we, even now in the midst of Easter, foolish… How often even now in the great fifty days when we Celebrate that the Lord is risen… do we not recognize that fact… how often is Christ walking right next to us on the road and we do not even know it.
There is no argument I can give you to prove it. Christ in today’s gospel gave what must have been the best argument ever proving that the Old Testament prophesied all the events of his life, even that he would rise from the dead. This argument, these lessons, made the hearts of the disciples burn they were so glorious… but these arguments, arguments from the very lips of Christ, could not reveal to them that it was Christ walking the road with them.
What revealed Christ to them was when before the meal Christ broke bread. Suddenly with that action he was revealed. It was a simple action of fellowship, a daily action common to every person no matter how rich or poor, an action that takes place in every culture under roof and stars. It was the action of starting a meal.
And it is when we sit to eat, it is whenever we gather together in fellowship that Christ is in our midst. You will see him if you allow yourself to see him. Invoke his name and he will be in the midst of you.
As Easter continues and beyond Easter as the year goes on in its cycle allow yourself to see Christ in your midst. Do not be foolish; do not walk with Christ for hours with your hearts afire and not see him there. Whenever two or three are gathered together in his name he is in the midst of them. Come together in his name and see the risen Lord.
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