On the Road to Emmaus: …..Then beginning with Moses and all the
prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him in all the Scriptures.
Third Sunday of Easter,
April 30, 2017
Lectionary: 46
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised
his voice, and proclaimed: "You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in
Jerusalem. Let this be known
to you, and listen to my words. You who are
Israelites, hear these words. Jesus the Nazarene
was a man commended to you by God with mighty deeds, wonders, and
signs, which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves
know. This man, delivered
up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God, you killed, using lawless men to
crucify him. But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death, because it was
impossible for him to be held by it. For David says of him:
I saw the Lord ever before me,
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted;
my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.
"My brothers, one can confidently say to you about the
patriarch David that he died and was buried, and his tomb is in
our midst to this day. But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would
set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and
spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he
abandoned to the netherworld nor did his flesh see corruption. God raised this Jesus; of this we are all
witnesses. Exalted at the right hand of God, he received the
promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father and poured him
forth, as you see and hear."
R. (11a) Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Keep me, O God, for
in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD,
"My Lord are you."
O LORD, my allotted
portion and my cup,
you it is who hold
fast my lot.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I bless the LORD
who counsels me;
even in the night
my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever
before me;
with him at my
right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Therefore my heart
is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too,
abides in confidence;
because you will
not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer
your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You will show me
the path to life,
abounding joy in
your presence,
the delights at
your right hand forever.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Beloved:
If you invoke as
Father him who judges impartially according to each one's works, conduct yourselves
with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you
were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable
things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless
unblemished lamb.
He was known before
the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him
believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory,so that your
faith and hope are in God.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lord Jesus, open
the Scriptures to us;
make our hearts
burn while you speak to us.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
That very day, the first day of the
week, two of Jesus' disciples were going t0 a village seven miles from
Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were
conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were
prevented from recognizing him. He asked
them, "What are you discussing as you walk along?" They stopped, looking downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, said to
him in reply, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know of
the things that have taken place there in these days?" And he replied to them, "What
sort of things?" They said to
him, "The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, how our chief priests and rulers both
handed him over to a sentence of death and crucified him. But we were hoping that he would be
the one to redeem Israel; and besides all this, it is now the third day since this
took place. Some women from our group,
however, have astounded us: they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find
his body; they came back and reported that they had indeed seen a vision of
angels who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb and found things
just as the women had described, but him they did not see."
And he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets spoke! Was it not
necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his
glory?" Then beginning with
Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them what referred to him 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.
