The Immediate Word
Illustrations For April 6, 2008 From The Immediate Word
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It was in "the breaking of the bread" that the two disciples who had walked with Jesus to Emmaus that first Easter evening realized who he was. A contemporary poet has written:
The Breaking of the Bread
As they walked the road to Emmaus on that day,
Jesus walked with them --
and they asked him in to stay.
When he blessed the bread
and he broke it, then they knew
that the word they'd heard
of his rising must be true.
He was known to them in the breaking of the bread,
risen from the dead,
The Breaking of the Bread
As they walked the road to Emmaus on that day,
Jesus walked with them --
and they asked him in to stay.
When he blessed the bread
and he broke it, then they knew
that the word they'd heard
of his rising must be true.
He was known to them in the breaking of the bread,
risen from the dead,