The post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus have always been a challenge for artists, especially the story, recorded in Luke 24, where the Resurrected Christ joins two of his followers on the Road to Emmaus. As they journey together on foot, he engages them in a lengthy conversation about his death on the Cross, then, sits down with them for supper, passing totally unrecognized until "he was known to them in breaking of bread" (Luke 24:35). Depictions of the story usually show Jesus' two supper companions at this moment of revelation, their body language conveying wonder and amazement, as they realize the stranger at their table is the Risen Lord, soon to disappear from their sight. Some art works even try to show Christ in the very act of de-materializing! American Artist Jodi Simmons treats this traditional theme in a totally different way in her icon of The Supper at Emmaus, which you can now view on her profile page in the Sacred Artists section. Translated into the symbolic language of iconography, this biblical story of Christ breaking bread with his followers becomes an eternal image of the Eucharist. In Simmon's beautiful geometrical composition, sight lines converge on the circular loaf Jesus holds in his hands, highlighted in gold, like the cross above it. This symbol of Christ's redeeming death stands between the earthly city of Jerusalem in the background and a glimpse of the new Jerusalem to come, where Christ is gathered with his Church under a vaulted canopy of white. (John Kohan)