Two were bound for Emmaus, disheartened and lost
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
On the Sea of Tiberius, when the night was nearly gone
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
Then they knew it was Jesus and they hastened in to shore
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 road makes us weary, when our labor seems but loss
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
Two were bound for Emmaus, disheartened and lost
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
