EMMAUS

When we walk with each other,
when we talk with each other,
when we share life’s moments
with each other,
we begin to see things
we didn’t see when we walked alone.

When we walk with each other,
when we talk with each other,
when we share faith with each other,
without realizing it,
without recognizing
that Jesus walks and talks with us
as we go along the Way.

When Jesus walks with us,
when Jesus talks with us,
we can be set free.
Death doesn’t have to kill us.
Failure doesn’t have to lock us in.
Step by step the word is opened.
And we begin to see
that everything that happened
happens to make sense.

Then when we stop
for the evening,
when we stop for the night,
when we break bread together,
it dawns on us that
“The Lord is with us.
Our hearts are burning
The Lord has been raised.”
It is true. The Light still shines.

Then when we realize this
we need to tell others.
We run through the night
to shout out to the others
we too have experienced
the good news:
"Jesus has been raised.
He walks with us.
He talks with us
and we recognize Him
in the breaking of the Good News."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2009