Emmaus never happened. Emmaus always happens. (J.D. Crossan)
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Opening prayer: Holy One, we celebrated Easter just 6 weeks ago and yet our wonderful celebration seems far away. We go about our daily routine, perhaps forgetting, perhaps living unaware, distracted and worried about everyday life. We gather tonight to remember and encourage each other to live as followers of The Way.
Shepherd Me, O God – Marty Haugen
Reading: A Reading from the Gospel of Luke.
Two of Jesus’ disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
“What are you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?”
And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”
They said to him,
“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his Body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see.”
And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Anointed One should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?”
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, “Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem.
Reflection
Intentions
Brother Jesus you walk every path of life with us.
We recognize you in the nurse, in the doctor, in the medical staff.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize you in the visitor, in our family, in our friends.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize you in the grocery store worker and all essential workers.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize you in the school bus driver and the teaching staff.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize you in our love for one another.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize you in those who hurt us, in those who cannot love us.
Amen, let it be so.
Even if you are hidden under the disguise of fear and pain we recognize you.
Amen, let it be so.
We recognize and are always grateful for your presence.
Emmaus always happens. Amen, let it be so.
Closing prayer: Let us remember and be aware that we are each a disciple of Jesus. “Were not our hearts burning within us”. He lived and died so we may know the Way. Amen.
Canticle of the Turning, Rory Cooney
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