Turn in The Hymnal to the very front – where the pattern for worship is located. Note the title given to the way we Christians worship together. Our worship is a Service of Word and Table.

This morning’s text illustrates how the risen Christ meets us through Scripture and Sacrament.

PART I
(Luke 24:13-28 is read.)

It is Easter evening. Two who’d been part of the Jesus Movement were heading home to Emmaus, about 7 miles outside Jerusalem. They are trying to make sense of Jesus’ suffering and crucifixion. Their disappointment and grief were mixed with the preposterous claim by some of the women that, while they’d found the tomb empty, angels had told them that Jesus was alive.

As they walked and discussed how to make sense of the nonsensical, they were joined by the risen Jesus. “Their e…