Bright Monday 2014 - Abp Benjamin

First of all, once again, it's my great pleasure

to come here and spend this bright Monday with

you all, and this very interesting time of the

year. The apostles didn't know quite what to

do when Christ had risen from the dead. They

gathered in the room, then he appeared to them

and left, and they didn't quite know what to

do. And liturgically, we don't really know what

to do half the time. It's all new. But it's interesting,

in the Gospels, when Christ appears, you know,

People don't recognize him right away. And then

he reveals himself to them and he disappears.

And how does he reveal himself? It's very interesting

as we go through these Sundays of the time after

Pascha. How is he revealed? He's revealed in

the breaking of bread and opening the scriptures

to the disciples. This is exactly what happens

to us in the church. Christ reveals himself to

us in the breaking of bread and the opening of

the scriptures. I bless you all in this glorious

time and hope that you will have a bright and

glorious gospel period. Amen. Christ is risen.

Indeed.