WEDNESDAY, EASTER OCTAVE
Acts 3: 1-10 Ps 105: 1-4, 6-9 Lk 24: 13-35
THE WALK TO EMMAUS
The healing of the cripple is a new sign which brings about once again the proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ to the people of Israel. The miracle was carried out in the name of Jesus, by the power bestowed on every one of His followers, a power Jesus has received from the Father and generously shared with His disciples. Jesus had been in their midst as the servant of the Lord; speaking of His name was the way of stating His Divine power as the lord. [Mk 16:16 ; Phil 2:9]
The Post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus as told by Luke, take place in Jerusalem or in its vicinity [Emmaus] and not in Galilee as in the synoptics. For Jerusalem is the geographical focus of Luke’s Gospel. Jesus’ life always converges on Jerusalem, the city of his destiny. He is journeying toward Jerusalem in order to fulfill his mission. But now though he has fulfilled it, the story still remains. It is from Jerusalem that the journey must continue through his disciples. The Emmaus incident recalls the theme of the journey. Here the two disciples are journeying away from Jerusalem. It is the appearance of Jesus – through the new reading of the scriptures and through the breaking of the bread.
It is primarily through the Sacrament “Eucharist,” that Christians discover Jesus even today, while they are on their way as pilgrims of hope to their eternal home land. Even today, the Lord works in our hearts in the same way. Again and again, He helps us make sense of the deep mysteries we struggle to understand. He works in the life of the Church and in our own lives in ways he alone comprehends. Thus he leads us through suffering and humiliation toward victory. Let us be attentive and listen to His voice, when under some disguise or other, he teaches us along the road. Then our hearts too will burn within us, if we are willing and ready to welcome Him and his words, confidently opening our hearts to his healing and comforting presence.
Response: Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice!
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