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First of all, once again, it's my great pleasure

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to come here and spend this bright Monday with

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you all, and this very interesting time of the

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year. The apostles didn't know quite what to

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do when Christ had risen from the dead. They

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gathered in the room, then he appeared to them

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and left, and they didn't quite know what to

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do. And liturgically, we don't really know what

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to do half the time. It's all new. But it's interesting,

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in the Gospels, when Christ appears, you know,

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People don't recognize him right away. And then

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he reveals himself to them and he disappears.

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And how does he reveal himself? It's very interesting

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as we go through these Sundays of the time after

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Pascha. How is he revealed? He's revealed in

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the breaking of bread and opening the scriptures

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to the disciples. This is exactly what happens

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to us in the church. Christ reveals himself to

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us in the breaking of bread and the opening of

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the scriptures. I bless you all in this glorious

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time and hope that you will have a bright and

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glorious gospel period. Amen. Christ is risen.

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Indeed.