Wednesday in the Octave of Easter

Readings of the Day



Duccio di Buoninsegna, Maestà, 1308-11, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, Italy.

That very day, the first day of the week,

two of Jesus’ disciples were going

to 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.

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.

 

Luke 24:13-16, 28-31

 
 

Diego Rodriguez De Silva Y Velazquez, The Supper at Emmaus,  New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art