Did Our Hearts Not Burn Within Us?

I love the story of the Savior walking with two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus.  They were obviously distraught over all that had happened in the days following the crucifixtion.  Luke tell us that as they talked and communed over those events, "Jesus himself drew near, and went with them" (Luke 24:15).  Much like the story in my previous post, he essentially asked them what they knew of him, Jesus.  They dutifully recited many of his accomplishments, ending with the wistful, "but we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel" (vs. 21).  He then expounded unto them all things pertaining to him from the beginning as written by Moses and all the holy prophets.  What a great Sunday School lesson that must have been!  They asked him to tarry with them that evening.  They sat to eat.  He took bread and brake it and blessed it "and their eyes were open, and they knew him" (vs. 31).  


How was it that these men, his disciples, could not recognize him as they walked with him?  What was it about breaking bread with the him that made the difference?  As in a previous post entitled, "The Bread of Life," when we partake of the Lord's supper as outlined by him we promise that we will always remember him.  In return he promises us that his spirit will be with us always.  By renewing our covenants with the Lord, we participate in his atonement for us.  I believe that it is in this process that we come to know the Lord.  It starts with repentance and continues through the sacrament.  When we feel his spirit with us, we feel him.  "Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he open ed to us the scriptures? (vs. 32)," asked his disciples after he left from their presence.