The Road to Emmaus. Two persons were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus. One of them was named Cleopas. Jesus says to them, “Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Then Jesus intereprets the Scriptures for them. As he prepares to have dinner with them, "he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him." They hurried back to Jerusalem to report this to the apostles.
The most beautiful comment in this reading is "he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread." It is not known to us that Cleopas was present at the Last Supper. This affirmation of recognition of Our Lord solidifies the intstiution of the Eucharist in the Mass for the apostles. At the Last supper Jesus says, "Do this in memory of Me." And now Jesus is recognized as bodily present in the action of the Breaking of the Bread.
The Road to Emmaus story is a very profound part of Scripture in the History of the Church.