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The evening of life is not decline. It is deepening.

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Yesterday's Reflection

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter

Today's Readings

First Reading: Acts 3:1-10 · **Psalm:** 105 · **Gospel:** Luke 24:13-35

Responsorial Psalm: 105 · **Gospel:** Luke 24:13-35

Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

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Reflection

Two disciples walking away from Jerusalem. Past tense hope: we were hoping he would be the one. A stranger joins them and opens the Scriptures. Then at table he breaks bread. Their eyes open. He vanishes. Were not our hearts burning?

In the evening of life, you have walked the Emmaus road many times - at every Mass, the Word opened, the bread broken. You have recognized him in the breaking of the bread for decades. Tonight, recognize him again. The pattern never gets old. The burning never fades. He is always the stranger who turns out to be the Lord.

Peter at the Beautiful Gate gives us the other side: silver and gold I have not, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ, rise and walk. The Resurrection doesn't just explain the past. It heals the present.

Prayer of the Faithful

For those in the evening of life who have recognized Christ in the breaking of the bread a thousand times: that the thousandth-and-first time would burn as bright as the first. We pray to the Lord.