PRAYER MOMENT
Easter
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
OUR HEARTS BURNED
Pause. Be there on
the road to Emmaus
Reading: “Did not
our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the
scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:13-35)
Reflection. Luke
gives us a graphic picture of Jesus revealing himself to two otherwise unknown
disciples. He walks with them but they do not know who he is. It is deeply
consoling for us: he walks with us even if we are not conscious of him. Then he
makes himself known in a Eucharistic moment. He has unfolded the scriptures and
now he takes bread and breaks it and gives it to them. This is precisely what
we do time and again when we share in the Eucharist. And finally there is the
shared statement of faith by the community in Jerusalem, “Yes, it is true the
Lord has risen.” This is the cry of the Church, East and West, today. (This
year, unusually, East and West celebrate Easter on the same day). This gospel
for today gives in a capsule the life of the early Church and our life today.
What is dispersed is gathered up in Christ.
Prayer. Lord, you
desire to gather your people into one body. No one is excluded. May your will
be done. Amen.
David Harold-Barry SJ
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