Then their eyes were opened

By A.Vonn Hartung

In contrast to the previous station, this scene is peaceful, centered, and subdued, like the setting sun beyond the distant hills. The sharing of the meal under a soft, tent-like shelter on the roof of the house at Emmaus. The opening of the curtain reminds us of the tearing of the temple curtain when Christ died on the cross. It is that moment of recognition when, with the breaking of the bread, the disciples recognize this stranger as their Lord, the Risen Christ. In the bottom half of the circle, Calvary and the abyss that represents death, and the three-dimensional cross, the bridge from earthly to eternal reality.