The other evening Brothers Jim and Sean (SSJE) shared some ways of thinking about story of The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-34). Like the two unnamed disciples, I am usually unaware that Jesus is present to me as I walk along the roads in my life, and yet at times I feel my ‘heart was burning’ (32).
Realizing that Jesus is with me, even when I am not conscious of it, releases some of the thoughts about God that I have held onto for a long time—like my entire life! Now I’m hearing that I don’t have to figure out how this all works, nor make up what God is saying to me, nor believe that God is only present when I am conscious of it. I notice myself releasing some of the controls and conditions that as a human I’m quite good at creating and holding onto. All roads are Emmaus roads, if only we recognize them as such.
Realizing that Jesus is with me, even when I am not conscious of it, releases some of the thoughts about God that I have held onto for a long time—like my entire life! Now I’m hearing that I don’t have to figure out how this all works, nor make up what God is saying to me, nor believe that God is only present when I am conscious of it. I notice myself releasing some of the controls and conditions that as a human I’m quite good at creating and holding onto. All roads are Emmaus roads, if only we recognize them as such.
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