Third Sunday in Easter

[pmcleanj]

Today's reading was the story of the two disciples who meet Jesus on the road to Emmaus and, stopping in Emmaus for dinner, realize their companion is Jesus when he breaks the bread.

Here are our meditations from today's bible study:
1.When has the news, or events in your life shaken the foundations of what you believe?

2.What did you do to find peace and balance, and to build new foundations?

3.When, in your spiritual journey, have you felt that “your eyes were opened"? What opened them?

4.What does this story tell us about hospitality?

5.What ministries are people in your parish called to, that use bread or food to open people's eyes?

[norbie]

A great thread, my Dear Lady - but we have to wait 'till the CF is back to normal use again.

[DestinationHome]

Hi! I'm new here. Hope it's okay for me to join in!

1.When has the news, or events in your life shaken the foundations of what you believe?
Our oldest daughter seems to have a knack for shaking up what I believe. I move along fine in "this is reasonable/makes sense" and her expressions of faith make it obvious that God is not limited to my ideas of what is reasonable. Not that I ever really thought that He was...just those "reasonable" things don't always get questioned until things get shaken up a little.

2.What did you do to find peace and balance, and to build new foundations?
We left our old church, which reserved communion for only those with sufficient human reason to meet their approval. We're currently worshiping in an Anglican church where our children are welcomed to commune. Still really trying to sort things out and get that new foundation, though.

3.When, in your spiritual journey, have you felt that “your eyes were opened"? What opened them?
They're still pretty sealed shut, I think, :blush: but oh, wow! :doh: Did you see that? Cleopas and the other dude...they totally didn't get it. Even after Jesus took the time to explain Moses and the prophets to them...they didn't recognize Jesus. And Jesus knew that they didn't understand, but it didn't stop Him from breaking bread with them. And not only that, but the act of breaking bread with them was what opened their eyes. :doh:

4.What does this story tell us about hospitality?
You don't know who you might be entertaining.

5.What ministries are people in your parish called to, that use bread or food to open people's eyes?
Aside from communion, we haven't been around long enough to know.

[pmcleanj]

Hi! I'm new here. Hope it's okay for me to join in!


Our oldest daughter seems to have a knack for shaking up what I believe. I move along fine in "this is reasonable/makes sense" and her expressions of faith make it obvious that God is not limited to my ideas of what is reasonable. Not that I ever really thought that He was...just those "reasonable" things don't always get questioned until things get shaken up a little.


We left our old church, which reserved communion for only those with sufficient human reason to meet their approval. We're currently worshiping in an Anglican church where our children are welcomed to commune. Still really trying to sort things out and get that new foundation, though.


They're still pretty sealed shut, I think, :blush: but oh, wow! :doh: Did you see that? Cleopas and the other dude...they totally didn't get it. Even after Jesus took the time to explain Moses and the prophets to them...they didn't recognize Jesus. And Jesus knew that they didn't understand, but it didn't stop Him from breaking bread with them. And not only that, but the act of breaking bread with them was what opened their eyes. :doh:


You don't know who you might be entertaining.


Aside from communion, we haven't been around long enough to know.
How nice of you to join right in! Welcome indeed!

I too have been through the experience of needing to establish church connections in a new congregation, because of the exclusivity of the old congregation. You have my sympathy: it is not easy to leave a congregation behind even when it is persisting in inhospitality; and it is not easy to find your place in a new congregation no matter how welcoming it is. But it is very, very important that our children be welcomed at their Lord's table!