Acts 3:11-26 / Luke 24:35-48
Simple and ordinary actions may not get much attention.
But those simple and ordinary actions do mean something to those who need to see and experience those actions.
It may be just looking into the eyes of a person when that person is speaking.
It may be holding a child’s hand or an elderly person’s hand when crossing the road.
It may be a wave to express our thanks to another driver for giving way to us.
Whatever it might be, a simple and ordinary action says more than just words.
In the gospel, when the Risen Christ appeared to the disciples, they were in a state of alarm and fright as they thought they were seeing a ghost.
Even when Jesus showed them His hands and feet, they still could not believe it, and they stood there dumbfounded.
Then Jesus asked for something to eat. They offered Him a piece of grilled fish, which He took and ate before their eyes.
That simple and ordinary action of eating was enough for the disciples to believe that Jesus was really alive.
Later as we come forward for Communion, we will receive the Body of Christ which we will consume.
It is a simple and ordinary action but it has a profound meaning: we have come into communion with Christ.
And with Christ in our hearts, may our simple and ordinary actions express the profound presence of the Risen Christ to others.