Reflecting on the Emmaus episode, i found the following very intriguing:
- HE knew what would happen to the disciples after his death, the direction they would take. The two disciples, one of them named as Cleopas and the other the unnamed 'you' get away from JERUSALEM (the centre of worship) and get back to Emmaus (perhaps to their former way of life...Just like the disciples who left after hearing the Hard Eucharistic Discourse). God in his Providence allows all these to happen.
- JESUS seems very unfair when he calls the disciples 'foolish men'. Imagine after four years of theological formation, i have not learned or personally understood the person pointed to by the Sacred Scripture. What else can I be called other than 'foolish'? Perhaps Jesus today tells me to read the Scripture with HIM and listen with wrapt attention to every word He speaks rather than complaining about the poor and inefficient theology professors.
- JESUS is very courteous that unless you invite him to stay, he will not stay even it is late night.....Stay with me Lord....It's the feeling of your absence that hurts me.....It's the unclarified convictions, faulty perceptions that make me go foolishly away from your Presence. Stay with me.
- You cannot cling to God because HE is beyond your grasp. When Jesus reveals himself, lead you to clarity, you can't just stay on but need to return the same hour -"And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem;" (Luke 24:33).
God's ways are not your ways, but God allows you to recognize HIM at your pace. Be prompt to act....
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