Road to Emmaus

 

 From Justi Andreasen:

C. S. Lewis once said that the death and Resurrection of Christ are the place in history where something unimaginable from beyond history breaks into our world. The Cross and Resurrection are events within time, but they are also the place where time is pierced. They are not one more happening among the happenings of the world. They are the hinge upon which the world is turned.

The Evangelists seem to know this in their bones. They do not set the Resurrection before us as a spectacle. They show it as a mystery that withholds, unveils, and teaches. It is not first known by standing apart from it, but by being drawn into it. Now, what does that mean?

The disciples on the road to Emmaus have the facts in their hands. They know of the crucifixion. They have heard the tidings of the empty tomb. Still they do not see. The facts are true, yet they have not become luminous. They lie before them like scattered shards of some great tale whose blueprint has not yet been found. (Read more.)