Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Wednesday within Octave of Easter, 03-04-13

Acts 3:1-10 / Luke 24:13-45

Things will look clearer and have more meaning when we take time to look at them.

But too often we rush through life and we only glance at things and miss the meaning and the beauty they have for us.

What is said of things can also be said of people; we are too much in a rush to notice the meaning and the beauty in people.

Or we may be too absorbed with our own needs and when we look at people we only see what we can get from them.

Like that crippled man in the 1st reading. He saw Peter and John and he could only think of what financial help he could get from them.

But Peter and John looked straight at him and they could see that the Lord wanted to give that man something that silver or gold cannot buy.

Similarly in the gospel, the two disciples saw Jesus, but they were just too absorbed in themselves to see something more in that stranger who was walking along with them.

It was only at the breaking of bread that they saw who this stranger really was and what He wanted to give them.

As we rejoice in the joy of the Resurrection, we have also come together in this Eucharist to break bread with the Lord.

May our eyes be opened to see the graces and blessings He is giving us so that our hearts will burn with love for God.

May we also look at things and people with the love of God and see the meaning and the beauty in them.