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Catholic Charities USA
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Readings of the Day
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What must it have been like for these disciples? Their friend
tortured, then executed. This friend who they thought was their
Anointed One, the one for whom their religious community prepared for
generations.
Not only had Jesus died, but their community had scattered, calling
into question every aspect of what they believed. So what do
these desolate disciples do? They get out of town, journeying
from Jerusalem, the home of their faith dream, to Emmaus, a place of
less chaos, more human consolation. Responding all too humanly
by turning in on themselves, their perspective narrows and they do not
even recognize Jesus.
When Jesus does arrive, he focuses on the disciples' harm.
He enters into their pain, inviting them to share deeply as they
walk. This is so important because what is not named cannot be
healed. Jesus listens to their pain, their experiences, their
understanding of what happened, their dashed conventional messianic
hopes.
Only then does Jesus begin the delicate process of putting the
disciples' story within the context of the wider one of
Scripture. When this is brought more fully into their conscious
imagination in the breaking of the bread, the disciples finally see
Jesus and heal enough to find their way back to community.
On our journey of discipleship, our faith vision, our understanding of
God, Christ and community will be crucified and humiliated, probably
more than a few times. We may even walk away. But
somewhere on that road, Christ will appear and we will be unable to
recognize him initially.
Eventually, that encounter restructures our imagination, allowing us
to recognize Christ in a new way that turns us around and sends us
back. What we can find on our own road to Emmaus is a fuller
faith vision and meaning of God, Christ, and community.
During this painful past year, many of us have experienced the
spiritual desolation that accompanies our feelings about our Church
and world. Instead of turning away and running, we can walk
alongside one another and listen as Jesus modeled. As we listen,
we just may feel Christ's healing love in our midst and slowly,
the desolation turns, widening our perspective. We may even
experience spiritual consolation, a sense that our hearts are burning
as we listen to each other. From this encounter, we might even
begin to trust in a way forward as did the disciples on the road to
Emmaus.
Mary J. Novak, J.D., M.A.P.S., is the Executive Director for NETWORK
Lobby for Catholic Social Justice. She was founding Board Chair
of the Catholic Mobilizing Network where she currently serves as Board
Secretary.
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