Easter on the Road to Emmaus

Eucharistic Meditation

In Luke 24, we read that after our Lord’s death and resurrection, two of His disciples were making their way to Emmaus, dismayed in heart and discussing all that had taken place.

Jesus joined them in their journey, although they did not recognize Him.

He asked why they were sad, and they shared regarding a prophet named Jesus of Nazareth, whom they thought was going to redeem Israel. They explained it had been three days since He was crucified, and now His body was missing from the tomb, with some women reporting an angel appeared saying He was alive.

And yet, they did not understand or believe.

In response to this, Jesus replied, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things to enter into His glory?” And He then walked them through all the Scriptures concerning Himself.

But they still did not recognize who it was speaking to them, until they sat down for a meal.

Luke writes, “Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?’” (vv. 30–32).

On this Easter Sunday, over two thousand years later, your Lord Jesus is the same. You may not understand what it is that He is doing. You may be confused and not seeing clearly. You may be foolish or slow of heart to believe. And Jesus of Nazareth comes to you now, at this table, and offers You this broken bread. And He is pleased to open your eyes, and by His Spirit fill your hearts again and again, with a joy that is eternal.

So come, and welcome, to Jesus Christ. He is risen, indeed.

This communion meditation was given on April 5, AD 2026, at King’s Cross Church in Moscow, Idaho.