Homily - Third Sunday of Easter
Homily Third Sunday of Easter April 19, 2026 Happy Easter! “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” We proclaim it again today, on this radiant Third Sunday of Easter. The joy of the Lord’s victory is still fresh. The tomb is empty. Death has been conquered. The light of the Resurrection continues to flood our hearts and our world. And yet… how easy it is, even now, almost halfway into the Easter Season, to miss the victory right in front of us. Look at the two disciples on the road to Emmaus in today’s Gospel (Luke 24:13-35). I believe there is a good reason we are hearing this narrative again when we just heard it on the Wednesday in the Octave of Easter. They are trudging away from Jerusalem, heads down, hearts heavy. They confess to the stranger walking beside them, “We were hoping that he would redeem Israel,” They keep replaying the past: the betrayal, the trial, the cross, the burial. The women’s report of the empty tomb and the angels sounds too good to them...