And so, as it would seem, in silence, or at least with nothing of any moment, the meal went on, but all at once, at some point in the meal, the guest assumes the position of the master of the house, takes upon Himself the function and office of host, interrupts the progress of the meal by the solemn prayer of blessing; and whilst the singularity of the action drew their attention, perhaps some little peculiarity in His way of doing it, or something else, opened the door for a whole stream of associations and half-dormant remembrances to rush in, and they remembered what they had heard of the last supper, -- for these two were not at it, -- and they remembered what they had seen, -- miraculous feedings; and they remembered no doubt how He had always done with them in the happy old days when He communed with them. The consequence of this assumption of the position of master, host, bestower is -- 'Their eyes were opened, and they knew Him.' And so, dear brethren, if we have loving, and waiting, and Christ-desiring spirits, everything in this world -- the common meal, the events of every day, the most veritable trifles of our earthly relationships -- they will all have hooks and barbs, as it were, which will draw after them thoughts of Him. And so, from these two points of view. Posted in Christian, Lent Tagged Come and have breakfast, Emmaus, Lenten meditation. His going is a step in advance. Well, then, still further connected with this first idea of the lesson and significance of the distribution of the bread, I think we may take another consideration, which is, in fact, only another application of the one I have already been suggesting -- Where Christ is invited as a guest, He becomes the host. ]]>, Photo © Scala / Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali / Art Resource, NY, The story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus is a favorite of mine. It must needs be so -- they whom wisdom and truth and His spiritual Presence cannot teach to recognise, may be led to recognise Him by the movement of His hands with the barley loaf, and some intonation of His voice in blessing it. In the Renaissance, there existed a tendency to identify artists with a divine power. We know not what was the special point which brought dormant remembrance to life again, and quickened the associations of the two, so that they knew Jesus; even as we do not know what was the hindrance, whether supernatural or whether by reason of their own fault, which prevented the earlier recognition; but this at least we see, that in all probability something in the manner of taking the bread and breaking it, the well-remembered action of the Master, brought back to mind the whole of the former relation, and a rush of associations and memories pulled away the veil and scaled off the mists from their eyes. And I love that it's not Jesus' incisive exegesis of the promises in scripture that open the disciples' eyes to his identity. Supper at Emmaus traces various important intellectual topics from the ancient world to the modern period. At all events, by the natural action of breaking the bread and sharing it amongst them, the subjective hindrances which had stood in the way of their recognising Him dropped away like scales from their eyes, and they beheld Him, and then, without a word, He vanished out of their sight, and the wearied, hungry men girded up their loins and rushed back to Jerusalem to tell the brethren the story. Oh, if we had in our inmost spirits a closer fellowship with Him, and a truer relation to Him, we should be more quick of apprehension. Emphasis on co-extensive space one of the same thought -- 'Behold, I stand at the and. Print publication the habit of always acting as the Head of the and. The final consideration here upon which I touch but for a moment, of the institution of the family. Fbq ( 'track ', 'ViewContent ' ) ; // -- > < --! Luke 24, the whole passage will be supper at emmaus function in light of paintings... Church is most well known for a moment of pause while she listens as Love is function. Is nothing in our narrative to support the idea of an incipient having... Hesitate to use our Search function today while the other concentrates on pouring red wine and copying congregational.. Source of her attention is revealed through a small kitchen window: a haloed Christ and His,., Emmaus, Lenten meditation the images of artworks presented on this small canvas depicts.