The
disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how they
had come to recognize him in the breaking of bread. While they were still
speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with
you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a
ghost. Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise
in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and
see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” And
as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they were still
incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to
eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of
them.
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 and in the prophets
and psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the
Scriptures. And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would
suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the
forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations,
beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
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Reflection:
What
if the disciples did not recount their experience with the risen Christ in the
breaking of the bread? Perhaps Jesus would have not appeared in their midst.
Perhaps Jesus would have just said, I will not show myself to them anymore,
anyway they’ve easily forgotten me.
But
Cleopas and his companion hearts were still aflame with desire in sharing their
experience with Jesus in the breaking of the bread. Perhaps this was one of the
reason why Jesus appeared in their midst and this gave Him enough reason to
gave them His greeting of peace.
How
often do we talk about Jesus with our friends and family members? Perhaps not
very often, maybe we just hear and talk about Jesus when we are at church for
Holy Mass. However, when we are at home or living our lives in the secular
world we never talk about Jesus.
Why is
it that we rarely talk about Jesus when we are out of church? Are we ashamed of
Jesus? Are we afraid that we would be disliked by our friends and they would
perceive us as someone who is not in touch with the realities of life? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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