What had happened to Jesus? Where had his body been taken? These questions and others troubled two of the Master's disciples as they walked toward Emmaus on the third day after the crucifixion. Jesus had promised he would rise again, but they were finding the promise hard to believe.
Totally engaged in brooding over the tragedy, these two did not recognize Jesus as he came to join them. They were amazed at this stranger's apparent ignorance of the recent events in Jerusalem. It wasn't till after their arrival at Emmaus that the words of Christ Jesus and his breaking of the bread—something so very familiar to all the disciples—suddenly opened their eyes and they recognized their Master.See Luke 24:13-32;
Haven't we sometimes found ourselves on a walk to Emmaus? Pressed down by the weight of illness, fear, lack, don't we too often neglect to recognize the spiritual message speaking to us? Instead of listening to and accepting the Christ-idea, ever present in our consciousness, haven't we rather pored over our problems with friends or in our own thoughts? "Error rehearses error,"Science and Health, p. 188; writes Mrs. Eddy in the Christian Science textbook.
