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| The disciples of Emmaus |
At the Regina Coeli, Pope Francis reflects on the story of
the disciples who meet Jesus on the road to Emmaus.
By Christopher Wells
At the Regina Coeli on the Third Sunday of Easter, Pope
Francis reflected on the Gospel account of the two disciples on the road to
Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35).
“It is a story which begins and ends on the move”, the Pope
said. On the way from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the disciples are sad, although the
Lord, whom they do not recognise, is walking beside them. On the return
journey, they are joyful, because, although they no longer see Jesus, they feel
Him near them.
Two different paths
Pope Francis said that these “two different paths” show us
“that in life, we have two opposite directions in front of us”. One is the path
of those who “let themselves be paralysed by life’s disappointments”, and the
other is that of those who put Jesus, and their brothers and sisters, in first
place.
“Here is the turning point”, the Pope said: “to stop
orbiting around oneself, the disappointments of the past, the unrealised
ideals, and to go on looking at the greatest and truest reality of life: Jesus
is alive and loves me”.
Moving from “if” to “yes”
Commenting on a play on words in the Italian, the Holy
Father said we are called to move from “if” (se) to yes (sì). We
often think “if God had freed us, if God had listened to me, if life had gone
as I wanted, if I had this or that”. That was the disciples' attitude that
first Easter evening. Yet “they pass to the ‘yes’,” the Pope said: “Yes, the
Lord is alive, He walks with us. Yes, now, not tomorrow, we are on our way to
announce it”.
For the two disciples of Emmaus, this change occurred by
meeting Jesus. Pope Francis explained that, for us too, there are three steps
we can take in our own homes: opening our hearts to Jesus, listening to Jesus,
and praying to Jesus.
Choosing the way of God
“In life, we are always journeying”, the Pope reminded us.
“And we become what we go towards. Let us choose the way of God, not of the
self… We will discover that there are no unexpected events, no uphill path, no
night that cannot be faced with Jesus”.
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