A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Easter Wednesday

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the Lord.

Say slowly from your heart, Jesus, I trust in you. You take over. Become aware that he is with you, looking upon you with Gospel, according to Luke,

Chapter 24, verses 13 through 35.

Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Amaius, seven miles from

Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened.

Now, as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side, but something

prevented them from recognizing him.

He said to them,

What matters are you discussing as you walk along?

They stopped short, their faces downcast.

Then one of them called Cleopas answered him.

You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened

there the last few days.

What things, he asked?

All about Jesus of Nazareth, they answered, who proved he was a great prophet by the things

he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people.

And how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death and had him crucified. Our own hope had been

that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all. Two whole days have gone by since it all happened, and some women from our group have astounded us.

They went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find the body, they came back to tell us that they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

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