Tune: St Fulbert
(\'Ye choirs of new Jerusalem\')
Luke 24 v.25-32
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The risen Christ, He did reveal
Did not Himself conceal
To two disciples on the road
To Emmaus they trode
Grant us faith to believe, not slow
Your prophecies to know
And all that your prophets did speak
That we may you true seek
You said to them, Ought not Christ to
Have suffered, rise anew
And to enter in His glory?
Defeating death, so be
They desired him to stay a while
As food they did compile
He broke bread, their eyes were open
Thy recognised Him then
Though He then vanished from their sight
They received inward light
Said, Did not our hearts in us burn
When we from Him did learn?
He opened to us the scriptures
That each to Him refers
Hope rises within, Christ alive
Ever does prosper, thrive