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| Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, in the National Gallery, London |
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread. Luke 25
I love this picture. It's quite something that Jesus was not recognised as he provided the new perspective on the series of fortunate events (Good Friday), as they walked together. Recognition occurred at the breaking of the bread. Bread in the Middle East means life. We must eat to live. We must rely on Jesus' sacrifice to sustain us. It's impossible to survive otherwise. In order to live the bread must take it into our bodies and become part of us. It is no good chewing and spitting it out. That wont do us any good.
PRAYER: The amazing thing is that you sustain me.
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