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[email protected] Website: www.stRbarts.org School Office: 952R473R6189 630 E. Wayzata Blvd. | Wayzata, MN 55391 School Fax: 952R745R4598 JOYFUL EASTER NEWS JESUS ABIDES WITH US IN THE EUCHARIST The Glad Tidings of Easter with a Bit of Apprehension. Chrisans revel in joy over the Good News of the Resurrecon during the Easter season, but there is an underlying cause for worry. The Ascension is celebrated on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, and with the Ascension, the physical presence of Jesus in bodily form and audible voice is over. With Jesus no longer in Nazareth, Capernaum, or Jerusalem, and with Jesus no longer speaking in the synagogues, on the hillside, or along the seashore, where is the presence of Jesus to be found? Reassurances of the Abiding Presence of Jesus. On the Second Sunday of Easter there is a horizontal thread that connects the first readings from the Acts of the Apostles for Years A, B, and C that highlights how Jesus connues to be present in the community of believers. On the Third Sunday of Easter there is another horizontal thread, this me in the gospels of Years A, B, and C, that highlights how Jesus connues to be present in the Eucharist. The Third Sunday of Easter, Year A (Lk 24:13R35). On Easter Sunday a ernoon Jesus appeared to Cleopas and another disciple as they walked to Emmaus. That evening they ate together, and Jesus “took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them” (Lk 24:30), and as they shared the breaking of the bread they recognized that it was Jesus and experienced his special presence with them.