“That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma′us, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.” (Luke 24:13-14) Please share on social media. Print this entry
Emmaus
Our Deepest Desire—Satisfied on the Road to Emmaus
Reflection on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A) — Acts 2:14, 22-28; Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; First Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35. Deep within each and every one of us there is a hunger and a thirst. We all experience this yearning of the soul—a heart that burns with longing, but we don’t always recognize what […]
From Despair to Joy at Emmaus
Reflection on the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A) — Acts 2:14, 22-28; Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; First Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35. What a disappointment! They thought they’d found the Messiah. But he’d been trapped like an animal and executed as a criminal. Up until his very last breath, they had hoped he’d descend from the […]
Don’t Stop Celebrating
In a culture that moves quickly to the next thing, it is hard to celebrate Easter for fifty days. We are probably better at living the forty days of Lent than we are about living the fifty days of Easter. As soon as Easter Sunday comes and goes, it almost feels like it’s back to Ordinary Time. Even though the […]
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:13-14
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma′us, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.” (Luke 24:13-14) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:21
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened.” (Luke 24:21) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:32
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?” (Luke 24:32) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:29
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” (Luke 24:29) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:21
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened.” (Luke 24:21) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Luke 24:13-14
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma′us, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.” (Luke 24:13-14) Print this entry