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God’s Hidden Plan Revealed: Third Sunday of Easter, by Gayle Somers – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Altobello Melone - The Road to Emmaus. Circa 1516 and circa 1517. Public domain. Image from Wikimedia Commons

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange, April 17, 2026

Gayle Somers is a member of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Phoenix and has been writing and leading parish Bible studies since 1996. She is the author of three bible studies , Galatians: A New Kind of Freedom Defended (Basilica Press), Genesis: God and His Creation, and Genesis: God and His Family (Emmaus Road Publishing). Her latest book, Whispers of Mary: What Twelve Old Testament Women Teach Us About Mary is available from Ascension Press. Gayle and her husband Gary reside in Phoenix and have three grown children.

Gayle-Somers_avatar-1A Scripture lesson by a mysterious Stranger on a dusty road prepares two disciples to recognize the Risen Jesus in the breaking of bread; what did they learn?

Gospel (Read Lk. 24:13-35)

Isn’t it interesting that when Jesus appeared to two “downcast” (Lk. 24:17) disciples on Resurrection Day, He didn’t do the very thing that would have broken through their despair—identify Himself?  Why were these men traveling away from Jerusalem?  Surely it was because Jesus’ death there had deeply disappointed them.  They had been “hoping that He would be the one to redeem Israel” (Lk. 24:21), and that hope had fallen to dust and defeat.  What was the point of staying in Jerusalem any longer? …

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