Two Were Bound for Emmaus

all their hope for the future had been nailed to a cross.
Love unknown then walked beside them,
come back from the dead,
and they knew he was risen in the breaking of bread.
and their toil seemed so useless, not one fish had they caught,
from the shore the stranger called to them:
«Cast your net, friends, once more.»
And they filled it to bursting, but the net was not torn.
bread and fish for their breakfast from the hands of their Lord.
«O Peter, if you love me you must care for my sheep;
if you follow your Shepherd, then a shepherd you’ll be.»
when the fire of faith weakens and too high seems the cost,
let the Church turn to its risen Lord,
who for us bore the cross,
and we’ll find our hearts burning at the sound of his voice.
all their hope for the future had been nailed to a cross.
Love unknown then walked beside them,
come back from the dead,
and they knew he was risen in the breaking of bread.