April 8 - Wednesday of the Octave of Easter
(Acts 3:1-10; Ps.105:1-9; Lk.24:13-35) "The Lord is risen! It is true!" And how it is proven this day! The two disciples find their "hearts burning inside" as He "explain[s] the Scriptures" to them on the road to Emmaus, and then they come "to know Him in the breaking of bread." "The Eleven and the rest of the company" of disciples rejoice in Jerusalem because "He has appeared to Simon." And the crippled beggar at the Beautiful Gate is pulled up by Peter "in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean," and he goes "into the temple with [Peter and John] – walking, jumping about, and praising God."…
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