One Easter appearance of Jesus is recounted in the Gospel of Luke (24:13-35) as two of his disciples (not of the twelve) were making their way to the village of Emmaus. As they are walking along they are talking about all that they had witnessed and heard regarding their Lord who had been taken captive, tried, executed and buried three days earlier. They are sharing with each other their grief when suddenly a stranger joins them and accompanies them. Over the course of the rest of their journey as they discuss their hopes and disappointments, this stranger opens their minds to understand the scriptures. It isn't until they sit down to a meal with him and he blesses and breaks the bread that they recognize that it was the risen Jesus who had been with them all along.
Our lives, like the disciples, can be full of ups and downs. We experience great hopes, sometimes fulfilled, sometimes dashed. We all experience loss and grief. This story of the disciples on the rosd to Emmaus speaks to me of the fact that we need to share our journey and our experience with others. We need to be in a community of faith. Life is not a journey to be travelled alone. Sometimes in our journey, in the sharing and the supporting of one another and in the breaking of bread together, we will have but a glimpse that Jesus has been there with us on the journey.
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