That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus' disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus. Lk 24:1
Solemnity Easter Wednesday 27 April 2011
We recall Pope Benedict's Urbi et Orbi message
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl109587.htm
Posted: Monday, April 25
Right down to our own time - even in these days of advanced communications technology - the faith of Christians is based on that same news, on the testimony of those sisters and brothers who saw firstly the stone that had been rolled away from the empty tomb and then the mysterious messengers who testified that Jesus, the Crucified, was risen. And then Jesus himself, the Lord and Master, living and tangible, appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and finally to all eleven, gathered in the Upper Room.
The resurrection of Christ is not the fruit of speculation or mystical experience: it is an event which, while it surpasses history, nevertheless happens at a precise moment in history and leaves an indelible mark upon it.
The Celebrant said, "An indelible mark is by our part in this mystery this morning here and now".
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