First of all, once again, it's my great pleasure
to come here and spend this bright Monday with
you all, and this very interesting time of the
year. The apostles didn't know quite what to
do when Christ had risen from the dead. They
gathered in the room, then he appeared to them
and left, and they didn't quite know what to
do. And liturgically, we don't really know what
to do half the time. It's all new. But it's interesting,
in the Gospels, when Christ appears, you know,
People don't recognize him right away. And then
he reveals himself to them and he disappears.
And how does he reveal himself? It's very interesting
as we go through these Sundays of the time after
Pascha. How is he revealed? He's revealed in
the breaking of bread and opening the scriptures
to the disciples. This is exactly what happens
to us in the church. Christ reveals himself to
us in the breaking of bread and the opening of
the scriptures. I bless you all in this glorious
time and hope that you will have a bright and
glorious gospel period. Amen. Christ is risen.
Indeed.