Again, some thoughts I shared on our newsletter...
This Sunday the Gospel is the story of the Disciples
on the Road to Emmaus. We know how
Jesus explained the scriptures to them, and how they recognised him in the
breaking of bread, whereupon they rushed back to Jerusalem to share their
experience of the Good News. But we mustn’t forget that even before he
explained the Word to them, he was already walking beside them, even though they
didn’t recognise him.
That’s surely a bit like how it is now. Sadly we cannot
truly meet one another, either for the sharing of the word or the breaking of
bread in the Mass. However, that should not blind us to his presence already with us. As we
walk along the road, not of the streets outside but of life itself, and whether
we realise it or not, Jesus walks with us.
When this is over, let’s not find
ourselves regretting not understanding the situation, saying “Did not our hearts burn within us”, as the disciples did when
they understood that he had been with them all along. Rather, let’s seek him
now, maybe in new ways – in the quiet, the peace, in the beauty of spring, in
so many places. And, yes, even in the
pain of separation or aloneness too.
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