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Year B Easter Third Sunday

Year B Easter Third Sunday
Year B Easter Third Sunday (grayscale)

Scripture

Testament: New Testament

Book: Luke

Chapter: 24

Verse: 39

Lectionary

Year: B

Season: Easter Season

Week: Third Sunday of Easter

Church bulletins by Ronn Kerr

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Lectionary Meaning

Theological Focus

The Third Sunday of Easter continues the narrative of the Risen Lord’s appearances, focusing on the restoration of hope and the opening of the mind. It reminds us that the Resurrection is both a historical fact and a present experience that reinterprets our past and secures our future. The liturgy emphasizes that Christ is known in both Scripture and Sacrament.

Scriptural Connection

In Luke 24, Jesus appears to the startled disciples, offering them peace and eating in their presence to prove his bodily reality. He interprets the Law, Prophets, and Psalms, showing that his suffering was the necessary path to glory. This encounter transforms their confusion into a clear mission, as they are commissioned to be witnesses of repentance and forgiveness to all nations.

Sermon Ideas

Consider the theme of 'opened eyes.' Whether on the road or in the upper room, Jesus meets us in our disillusionment. How do we recognize the Risen Lord in our own 'breaking of bread' and in the study of the scriptures? Preachers can challenge the congregation to consider what it means to be a 'witness' of these things in a skeptical age.