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InThePew
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Anyone struggling to make meaning of the events of the past weeks is anything but alone. All our lives have been dramatically altered and we’re left wondering what to make of it. more importantly. where and how we’re supposed to find God in all of it both now and in the future. As true though as that is for us it’s also just as true for the disciples in our gospel.
If anything, the Emmaus story shows us that there can be no answers easy or otherwise without us first having faith. Just as their minds were opened through their encounter with the risen Christ understand all that was said about him in the scriptures, so too our minds must be open to listening to what the Lord wants us to hear, our hearts open to embracing his message and making it our own.
Understandably, our fixation is on the immediate. The disciples struggled to see beyond the brutal death of one whom they revered as a prophet, loved as a friend and hoped would be the Messiah, for us it’s all that’s happening in our immediate circle at the moment as well as in the world around us. Still, when we hear something which truly speaks to us, connects with our lives where they are at, we listen attentively, thirsting for fulfillment. Just as for the disciples, this is how it needs to be for us when hearing the Word of the Lord.
While the scriptures were written at a very different time and place to us today, the Word of the Lord cannot be confined to a single time or place because Christ, the Word made flesh is the same yesterday, today and forever; still speaking, still dwelling among us this day, every day, guiding us as we walk pilgrimage of life journeying towards an unknown future .
Like the disciples we need to recognize him in the breaking of the bread – an enduring sign of his love for us, sacrifice of himself for us, his body and blood given up and poured out for us, for many for the forgiveness of sins; doing this as a living memorial of his death and resurrection .
Above all, we need to allow ourselves to be guided by Christ, let the little light of faith lead us to him. if we search, we will find him who has already found us, is already part of our lives, waiting and wanting us to become a part of his.
Since the time of the apostles, the Church, the assembled people of God, has never failed to celebrate the paschal mystery; hearing what is said of Christ in the scriptures, sharing in the Eucharist in which his victory over sin and death is made present for us time and again, and giving thanks to God for gift his of Christ Jesus. In this way, we keep the Easter fire kindled by Christ in our hearts burning brightly, shining in our darkest night, with love for him, for all, forever.
If anything, the Emmaus story shows us that there can be no answers easy or otherwise without us first having faith. Just as their minds were opened through their encounter with the risen Christ understand all that was said about him in the scriptures, so too our minds must be open to listening to what the Lord wants us to hear, our hearts open to embracing his message and making it our own.
Understandably, our fixation is on the immediate. The disciples struggled to see beyond the brutal death of one whom they revered as a prophet, loved as a friend and hoped would be the Messiah, for us it’s all that’s happening in our immediate circle at the moment as well as in the world around us. Still, when we hear something which truly speaks to us, connects with our lives where they are at, we listen attentively, thirsting for fulfillment. Just as for the disciples, this is how it needs to be for us when hearing the Word of the Lord.
While the scriptures were written at a very different time and place to us today, the Word of the Lord cannot be confined to a single time or place because Christ, the Word made flesh is the same yesterday, today and forever; still speaking, still dwelling among us this day, every day, guiding us as we walk pilgrimage of life journeying towards an unknown future .
Like the disciples we need to recognize him in the breaking of the bread – an enduring sign of his love for us, sacrifice of himself for us, his body and blood given up and poured out for us, for many for the forgiveness of sins; doing this as a living memorial of his death and resurrection .
Above all, we need to allow ourselves to be guided by Christ, let the little light of faith lead us to him. if we search, we will find him who has already found us, is already part of our lives, waiting and wanting us to become a part of his.
Since the time of the apostles, the Church, the assembled people of God, has never failed to celebrate the paschal mystery; hearing what is said of Christ in the scriptures, sharing in the Eucharist in which his victory over sin and death is made present for us time and again, and giving thanks to God for gift his of Christ Jesus. In this way, we keep the Easter fire kindled by Christ in our hearts burning brightly, shining in our darkest night, with love for him, for all, forever.
