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When I read the story of Cleopas on the road to Emmaus, my first thought is ´good for them!` Jesus was “made known to them in the breaking of the bread.” Good for them! ´. But what about you and me? Is Jesus being made known to you in new ways? Has the empty tomb changed your life?
Today’s gospel offers us instructions for living an Easter life: PAY ATTENTION, BE ASTONISHED, TELL ABOUT IT.
Paying attention :- less about focusing on something and more about openness and receptivity to everything. It's about what we do with our hearts. It’s staying awake to and aware of our needs and hopes and those of others.
And so if we are paying attention we can’t help but be astonished. There is something astonishing in every moment. I think that’s why Cleopas and his friends didn’t notice. They weren’t paying attention. But when Jesus was made known in the breaking of the bread, they remembered. And they were astonished. What is astonishing you today? What has taken your breath away?
And so astonishment asks for a response. That’s what Cleopas and the other disciple did. In what ways are you telling people about your astonishment. Speaking up and speaking out. Against injustice and discrimination. Or acting and doing something in the community. If we don´t speak out or act, then the pain and suffering of Jesus Christ was for nothing.
What needs to happen in order for you to say, “Alleluia, Christ is risen, good for me and good for you”?
Rev Iain
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