Saturday, Third Week of EasterThen the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the braking of the bread.
Luke 24:35
The two disciples who just returned from a round trip to Emmaus finally get a chance to tell their story – what happened on the road and, most of all, at the supper table.
You can imagine what that room was like as they all try to talk at once about the turn of events. Today it would be “high fives” all around.
After all, these were no fools. Mary Magdalene was no fool. The disciples on the road to Emmaus were no fools. Peter and Andrew and James and John were no fools. The “doubting Thomas” was certainly no fool.
And Paul. He could tell his own story about meeting the Lord on the road to Damascus. He wasn’t out looking for “an experience of the Lord Jesus Christ.” He was out looking for Christians to throw in jail.
Yes, it does help to know that these people believed and staked their lives on it.
We believe because we ourselves have experienced the risen Lord, especially at Eucharist.
Spend some quiet time with the Risen Lord.
April 17, 2005Come, Holy Ghost
The most popular hymn to the Holy Spirit in English is the familiar :
Come Holy Ghost, Creator Blest,
And in our hearts take up Thy rest…
The words for this hymn were composed in the ninth century by Rabanus Maurus, a Benedictine monk, who became the Archbishop of Mainz, Germany.
Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit
The Bible, originally written in Hebrew and Greek, began to be translated into Latin in the late second century. By the fifth century, largely through the work of St. Jerome, there was a standard Latin text known as the “Vulgate” (from a Latin word meaning “popular”). In this version the Greek for “Holy Spirit” was translated as “Spiritus Sanctus.”
When the Bible began to be translated into English in the 16th century, “Spiritus Sanctus” was translated as “Holy Ghost.” The word “ghost” comes from an Old English word that means “spirit.” Gradually, however, this translation of the Bible in the 20th century shifted from “Holy Ghost: to “Holy Spirit.”
Good Shepherd Sunday
Today is “Good Shepherd Sunday.” On the fourth Sunday of Easter – no matter which of the three cycles it is – the Gospel is about Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
