While they were still incredulous for joy and they were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them.
Luke 24:41-43
What will our existence be like after death? Luke answers this by showing the continuity of Jesus’ risen life with his life on earth. The late Scripture scholar, Raymond Brown, said that “Luke offers the most materially realistic view of the body of the risen Jesus found in the New Testament.”
Just as the risen Jesus ate with the two disciples at Emmaus, now he eats right “in front of” the small community in Jerusalem. In one of his speeches in the Acts of the Apostles, Peter will testify to this”
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.During his ministry Jesus was accused of eating and drinking with sinners. After his death and resurrection he continued to do this.
He still does it with us at each celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
We are the sinners he eats with.
Talk about a “happy meal”!
Spend some quiet time with the Risen Lord.
 |