The Road to Emmaus

The Road to Emmaus is fitting for us as well. It is because we too are on a journey. Ours too will have many twists and turns, trials and tribulations, tragedies and triumphs. On it, we will, like Cleopas and his companion, feel lost (though we think we know where we are going), confused, depressed, frightened, and alone. Yet like the two disciples, we are not alone. Jesus will be with us but, like the two disciples, we will fail to recognize him in our presence. We may also rebuff him, as the two disciples initially do. We can be rude. We are often hurt. Disappointed. We yearn but do not comprehend. Like them, we need to listen, to look, to discover him in our midst.