in all the Scriptures. As they approached the village to which they were going, he gave the impression that he was going on farther. But they urged him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread. (Luke 24:13-35)
During these troubling days and nights of isolation caused by fear of the coronavirus many of us through prayer say to Jesus, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” Day-after-day this prayer gives some comfort because we know we are not alone. Jesus stays with us.
Perhaps we stay-in’s have taken the time to open the Scriptures and hear Jesus speak. It’s a great pastime to pass time. When doing so, the Lord truly is raised and appears to us.
Our eyes are opened to recognize the Christ in us and in those around us, especially on television where we witness self-sacrificing health-care workers and first responders.
All those who lend a helping hand, in a way, display the breaking of bread meaning the loaf of love and compassion is shared with those whose bodies are burning through fever. While many have and will die alone without loved ones present, for those left behind we know Jesus stayed with them and shepherd them home. He never vanished from their sight, or ours.
Deacon David Pierce
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