Gospel Reflection for the 3rd. Sunday of Easter 30th. April – Jesus walks with us
This Sunday we experience another appearance of the risen Lord to two of his friends and followers.
These two disciples are walking to Emmaus. They are leaving Jerusalem and have their back to place where their dreams were shattered. They have just experienced the betrayal, denial, condemnation and death of their close friend, Jesus. As they walk along, they are talking about all the events that have just happened. Perhaps they are asking each other, ‘Where did it all go wrong?’ Why did we put so much hope and trust into this man called Jesus? And so, with a sense failure and disappointment they leave Jerusalem.
As they carry on their journey a stranger comes alongside them and asks them a simple and polite question; ‘What are you talking about as you walk along?’ They ask if he is the only one who does not know all things that have happened in Jerusalem. Again, this stranger asks them another question; ‘What things? He is interested in all the things that have happened to them. As they walk and talk, the stranger simply listens to them. He wants to hear their story. Only when they have told him all the things that have happened to them does reveal his identity; he is the Risen Lord! Their eyes and hearts are opened at they listen to him speak and when see him at the breaking of the bread.
This is an image and symbol of the Pilgrim Church which we are all part of. We are walking along with each other as members of the Body of Christ. We are not alone. Jesus too, walks with us our journey as individuals and as a church. Jesus is deeply interested in our story. Through this gospel, he asks each of us what our own personal experience and story is. As we walk along on our journey through life, Jesus walks buy our side as he walked along the road to Emmaus. He asks us to tell him our story and waits for us to share with what is deepest and most important to us. Having asked us to share our story with him, he walks by our side and listens. Each of have personal, unique and sacred story. Pope Francis reminds us of this when he says, ‘Each of us have a story; a story of grace, a story of sin, a story of journey, many things. It is good to pray with our story.’
As we continue our journey through this Easter Season, we pray that we will know that Jesus is walking by our side as our friend and companion. He is also with on our journey and pilgrimage through our daily life.
- Michael Moore OMI
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