A
Poem a Sunday
Easter
III – B
April
15, 2018
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The Walk to Emmaus
13 Now
on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven
miles[a] from Jerusalem, 14 and talking with each
other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking
and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, 16 but their
eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What are you
discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking
sad.[b] 18 Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas,
answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the
things that have taken place there in these days?” 19 He asked them, “What
things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth,[c] who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed
him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped
that he was the one to redeem Israel.[d] Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third
day since these things took place. 22 Moreover, some women of our group
astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23 and when they
did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed
seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who
were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they
did not see him.” 25 Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and
how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! 26 Was
it not necessary that the Messiah[e] should suffer these things and then enter into
his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he
interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. 28 As
they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he
were going on. 29 But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us,
because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to
stay with them. 30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread,
blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened,
and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to
each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us[f] while he was talking to us on the road, while he
was opening the scriptures to us?” 33 That same hour they got up and
returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered
together. 34 They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has
appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and
how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to
His Disciples
36 While
they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,
“Peace be with you.”[g] 37 They were startled and terrified, and
thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are you
frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands
and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not
have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said
this, he showed them his hands and his feet.[h] 41 While in their joy they were disbelieving
and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They
gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate in their
presence. 44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you
while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of
Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened
their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it
is written, that the Messiah[i] is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the
third day, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be
proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You
are witnesses[j] of these things. 49 And see, I am sending
upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been
clothed with power from on high.”
Footnotes:
- Luke 24:13
Gk sixty stadia; other ancient authorities
read a hundred sixty stadia
- Luke 24:17 Other ancient authorities read walk along, looking sad?”
- Luke 24:19 Other ancient authorities read Jesus the Nazorean
- Luke 24:21 Or to set
Israel free
- Luke 24:26 Or the
Christ
- Luke 24:32 Other ancient authorities lack within us
- Luke 24:36 Other ancient authorities lack and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
- Luke 24:40 Other ancient authorities lack verse 40
- Luke 24:46 Or the
Christ
- Luke 24:48 Or nations.
Beginning from Jerusalem 48 you
are witnesses
Easter
III – B
Fracture Rite
Fissures at their
feet
on the road of
despair
reminiscing
unaware
unaware
of the splintered branches
in the olive trees
and cracks in the
wall
of the empty well;
until a stranger
comes and breaks
the silence;
cracks open
the Scripture;
admonishes
their resistance.
And as the stranger
is about to break
away
the despairing pair
ask him to stay.
The door is open.
They enter in
for a humble meal
at the dusty inn
and the crumbs
tumble from
the broken bread
emerging from the
fissure
one raised from the
dead.
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