1. Click to start the reflection, the PowerPoint will then move from slide to slide automatically until it gets to the prayer to be said together. You will then have to move on the slides by clicking when you are ready. Play some music quietly in the background while the reflection is playing.
Emmaus journey
Luke 24:13-35

2. Two of them were going to a village called Emmaus
Two of them were going to a village called Emmaus... seven miles from Jerusalem, talking with each other about all that had happened. .

3. Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognising him. .

4. He said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” .

5. Cleopas answered, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” .

6. “. about Jesus of Nazareth
“...about Jesus of Nazareth... Our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him... .

7. Some women of our group astounded us
Some women of our group astounded us... and told us that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.” .

8. “How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!” ...Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

9. “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. .

10. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. .

11. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognised him; and he vanished from their sight. .

12. They returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and their companions
They returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and their companions... They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!”

13. Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

14. Say the prayer together (click to advance the slides)
Risen Jesus, when we break bread together, may we recognise you in one another,

15. and in all those in our global family who hunger.
Say the prayer together (click to advance the slides)
and in all those in our global family who hunger.
Inspire us to be bread for the life of the world.
Amen.

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Scripture text taken from the New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Photographs: Simon Rawles, Annie Bungeroth, Richard Wainwright, Marcella Haddad, Ataklti Mulu, Adrian White.