We all have our Emmaus experience
"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?'" (Luke 24:30–32) In these verses drawn from the Emmaus narrative, Saint Luke presents a richly theological moment of encounter that bridges word and sacrament, presence and mission. The disciples, disoriented by the death of Jesus and blind to His risen presence, receive a revelation not through spectacle but through divine pedagogy—first as He interprets the Scriptures and then as He breaks bread with them. The setting of the meal is not incidental; it mirrors the Last Supper and anticipates the Eucharistic celebration of the Church. In the act of blessing and breaking the bread, Christ is revealed, and recognition dawns...