Third Sunday of Easter • Year A
one of the first lessons of the Gospel passage is that no matter where we are on the journey Jesus meets us there. While those two disciples “were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them.” He heard their concerns and disappointments and then opened their eyes to the Truth, to the transforming message of the Resurrection. So too Jesus meets each of us, draws near us daily on the way, where we are in life. He listens to our joys, our concerns, our hurts. He gives us his very self, if we but let him, which leads to a second lesson from our Gospel story.