"Ginbuksan ni Jesus ang ila mga hunahuna agod maintiendihan nila ang Kasulatan"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Lucas 24:35-48)

Kag nagsugid man ang duha kon ano ang natabo sa ila didto sa dalan pa-Emaus kag kon paano nila nakilala si Jesus sang nagapamihak-pihak siya sang tinapay. 

Sang nagapanugiron pa sila, hinali lang nga nagtindog si Jesus didto sa tunga nila kag nagsiling, "Ang paghidaet yara sa inyo." 

Kinulbaan kag hinadlukan gid sila kay abi nila kalag ang ila nakita. 

Pero nagsiling si Jesus sa ila, "Ngaa bala natublag gid kamo? Kag ngaa bala nagapangduhaduha kamo nga ako ini? 

Tan-awa bala ninyo ang agi sang mga lansang sa akon mga kamot kag mga tiil. Hikapa ninyo ako. Indi ako kalag. Ang kalag wala sing lawas pero ako iya may lawas kag makita gid ninyo." 

Pagkatapos niya hambal sini ginpakita niya sa ila ang iya mga kamot kag mga tiil.]

Sa ila dako nga kalipay kag katingala daw indi sila makapati sang ila nakita. Kag nagpamangkot si Jesus sa ila, "May pagkaon bala kamo diri?" 

Ginhatagan nila siya sang isa ka gulot nga sinugba nga isda. 

Ginkuha niya kag ginkaon samtang nagatulok sila. 

Pagkatapos nagsiling siya sa ila, "Amo ini ang akon ginsiling sa inyo sang nagaupdanay pa kita, nga ang tanan nga nasulat parte sa akon sa Kasulatan ni Moises, sa mga ginsulat sang mga propeta, kag sa mga salmo kinahanglan gid nga matuman." 

Dayon ginbuksan ni Jesus ang ila mga hunahuna agod maintiendihan nila ang Kasulatan. 

Siling niya sa ila, "Nagasiling ang Kasulatan nga ang Cristo kinahanglan gid nga mag-antos kag mapatay, pero mabanhaw siya sa ikatlo nga adlaw. 

Kag kinahanglan nga isugid sa bug-os nga kalibutan halin sa Jerusalem nga tungod sa iya patawaron sang Dios ang mga tawo nga nagahinulsol sang ila mga sala. 

Kamo ang mga saksi sa sini nga mga butang. 

Prayer:

"Lord Jesus, reveal your presence to me and open my mind to understand the truth of the scriptures – that you have come to save us and to give us everlasting life. Anoint me with the power of your Holy Spirit and give me boldness to proclaim the good news of salvation in word and deed." 

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Reflections of the Daily Gospel:

Aren't we like the apostles? We wont believe unless we can see with our own eyes. The gospels attest to the physical reality of Jesus' resurrection. Jesus goes to great lengths to assure his disciples that he is no mere ghost or illusion. He shows them the marks of his crucifixion and he explains how the scriptures foretold his death and rising. Jerome (347-420 AD), an early church bible scholar, comments: "As he showed them real hands and a real side, he really ate with his disciples; really walked with Cleophas; conversed with men with a real tongue; really reclined at supper; with real hands took bread, blessed and broke it, and was offering it to them. ..Do not put the power of the Lord on the level with the tricks of magicians, so that he may appear to have been what he was not, and may be thought to have eaten without teeth, walked without feet, broken bread without hands, spoken without a tongue, and showed a side which had no ribs." (From a letter to Pammachius against John of Jerusalem 34, 5th century) The centrality of the gospel is the cross of Jesus Christ; but fortunately it does not stop there. Through the cross Jesus defeated our enemies – death, sin, and Satan, and he won pardon for us, and the promise that we would be raised up with him to eternal life. His cross is the door to heaven and the key to paradise. The path to glory is through the cross. When the disciples saw the risen Lord they disbelieved for joy! How can death lead to life, the cross to victory? Jesus shows us the way and he gives us the power to overcome sin and despair, and everything else that would stand in the way of his love and truth. Just as the first disciples were commissioned to bring the Gospel to all the nations – the good news of forgiveness and abundant life in Christ, so all of Christ's disciples today, including each one of us, are called to be witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to all who live on the face of the earth. Do you witness the joy of the gospel to those around you?