Were Our Hearts Not Burning. Poem/Reflection on the Daily Gospel “On the Road to Emmaus” 3 April 2013

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Were Our Hearts Not Burning, as we walked,

                a dusty road, listening to stories of the Torah fulfilled.

Of a Man killed by the romans, in Jerusalem last week,

                 a friend of ours, you should have known.

 

Were Our Hearts Not Burning, as we invited Him home,

                 to break bread and rest awhile, quench Our thirsts.

He took the bread, broken with His identity,

                 it was the Christ, there with us all along.

 

Were Our Hearts Not Burning, from this day on,

                  breaking open new scripture for our souls.

How could we have not seen Him, all that time?

                 Walking alongside us, teaching, listening on the dusty road.

                     Jesus … rest in me.

Observation on the Gospel 27 April 2011

How often is God walking right alongside us and we do not recognize him?

The answer is everyday and everywhere. Maybe someone else is giving us their witness and we do not recognize it. Perhaps it’s our job to show others how God is walking with us everyday, even when we don’t see it.