The readings for last Sunday, April 10: Third Sunday of Easter

The Gospel reading concerned the walk to Emmaus – how Jesus appeared to two disciples as they traveled to the nearby village of Emmaus, but they did not recognize him until they invited him to stay with them and share their meal:

When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Fr. Ted’s sermon enlarged on this theme; it is sometimes difficult for us to recognize Jesus in others, or to invite Him into our busy lives. We must take the time to listen to others and be present to them, or we might miss an opportunity to “walk the walk,” and not just “talk the talk.”