Sunday Sermon 26th April 2020
LUKE 24: 31-48 THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 2020 The Gospel we have just read is known as “on the road to Emmaus”, and it’s a reading with which we are all familiar. The story is found only in Luke’s Gospel and we believe that Emmaus was about 5 miles from Jerusalem. Following the crucifixion, two of Jesus followers are walking on the road to Emmaus. I wonder if they are walking to their homes in Emmaus because they have no idea what else to do? They are grief-stricken, they are bereft and I would suggest, a little afraid as well. There is no mention of retaliation on their part, no assumption that they will take revenge on those who executed Jesus. And as they are walking, a stranger appears and engages them in conversation. They tell him the story of Jesus, their hopes for the future and how those hopes ended in Jesus death. And more than that, some of their community have insisted that Jesus was alive, when they know that Jesus is dead. For the next few hours, this strange man w...