READINGS:

1 R : Acts 3 : 1 - 10.
Ps  104 : 1 - 2, 3 - 4, 6 - 7, 8 - 9.
Gos : Lk  24 : 13 - 35.

TODAY WE REFLECT THE INCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS.
ON THE EASTER DAY TWO DISCIPLES OF JESUS WERE WALKING TOWARDS  A VILLAGE NAMED EMMAUS, DURING WHICH THE RISEN SAVIOUR JOINS THEM AS A  CO- TRAVELLER AND EXPLAINS THEM THE MEANING OF HIS CRUCIFIXION AND SUFFERING.

LATER IN THE EVENING DURING THE ' BREAKING OF THE BREAD' , THE DISCIPLES RECOGNISE HIM TO BE THE LORD AND IMMEDIATELY GO BACK TO JERUSALEM AND NARRATE THEIR ' FAITH EXPERIENCE ' .

WE CAN DRAW MANY LESSONS FROM THIS INCIDENT.

1. JESUS WALKS WITH US IN OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH.


2. JESUS NOURISHES US FROM TWO TABLES DURING EVERY EUCHARIST, NAMELY, THE TABLE OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE TABLE OF THE ' SACRIFICE ' / EUCHARIST.
IF ONE ATTENDS SUNDAY MASS REGULARLY, EVERY THREE YEARS ONE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE BIBLE .         ( MAIN PASSAGES )


 3. WE SHOULD PROCLAIM THROUGH OUR LIFE THAT CHRIST IS RISEN AND IS LIVING AMIDST US.

IN THE FIRST READING TOO, THE APOSTLES, PETER AND JOHN TELL THE BEGGAR,  " GOLD AND SILVER WE HAVE NOT; WE GIVE YOU WHAT WE HAVE..........  "

YES. WE SHOULD CAPTURE THE SENSE OF URGENCY THEY HAD TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF RESURRECTION. WE SHOULD OFFER TO THE WORLD  THE " RISEN SAVIOUR " AND NOT MATERIAL BENEFITS ALONE.

 

 

 

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