23/04/2025

The New Testament is a small book that is the only record  we have of the completion of God's revelation of himself.

Today's narrative from St Luke's Gospel tells of how Jesus joined two disciples as they trudged home to Emmaus in confusion about what the death on the cross and report of the "Resurrection" could possibly mean.

Jesus taught them how to interpret the texts in the Old Testament that prefigured the events in the worldly reality of "those times". Their hearts began to burn within them as they became aware of the " truth that comes from God" revealed by their companion. Their backs straightened up and with confidence in God restored they no longer trudged along the dusty road but with joyful hearts they welcomed their fellow traveller to take his rest with them.

All the appearances made by the Risen Lord to his original disciples include a period of unknowing followed by a recognition. It seems that their personal direct knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth has been a preparation for their encounter with the Resurrection which is the supreme moment of IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT's direct action in this world.

Saul the enthusiastic persecutor of the first believers, however, was overpowered by the Love which is concentrated into the Resurrection and was blinded into becoming  the St Paul who remained steadfast until his own martyrdom.

For two thousand years we have been waiting for the return that Jesus has promised. Many of us have grown away from what is dismissed as superstition revealed by the questions posed and answered in their  unsophisticated ignorance by the first believers. It is  truly believed by many that the material of this world is the only complete reality that we can know even though most of it requires vast resources to become aware of even before we try to understand it.

Our Church founded on St Peter has often been blessed with holy men and women but we have to search the scriptures and accept the guidance of the Holy Spirit for the history of those first days of Resurrection Faith in the Portico of Solomon is the only foundation on which we can build our lives to become the Friends of God that we were created to be.