Jesus as Companion: quomodo cognoverunt eum in fractione panis.

BLOEMAERT, Abraham. The Emmaus Disciples. 1622.
Oil on wood. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

"Were not our hearts burning within us?" So ask the disciples on the way to Emmaus. They say this, of course, after their eyes have been opened. Consider today's painting and "how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread" (Luke 24:35). There is something mystical about the breaking itself that reveals some deeper mystery at work in the soul of every human. We know the character of a person best when we see them broken. What is the significance of this? It means that Jesus is both the "companion" and the "panem" that is broken and revealed in this breaking. In other words, he is not a hermit god who looks at us from some intangible distance. On the contrary, God in Christ is near and revealed in the breaking of bread.

Agenda:

1. Credo in Deum Patrem... 
2. Videmus Seven Wonders of Rome
1. Take Notes
3. Review HW: 
1. Study Present Tense Verb System
2. Get your chant on! The Endless Noun Ending Song
3. Este perfecti!