Today is a 2-fer day: two reflections from my prayer and meditation on today’s Scripture.
(A 100-word reflection on Luke 24:13-35 – Jesus’ appearance on the road to Emmaus)
The two disciples with whom Jesus spent the day walking to Emmaus did not at first recognize Him. But, at day’s end, Jesus sat with them “at table, took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized Him, but He vanished from their sight.” (Lk24:30-31)
They thought Jesus had left them. But, He was still there….present in the bread that he’d just consecrated.
I can’t see Him, either. But, He’s still there in the Holy Eucharist which I will soon be able to receive again.
(A 100-word reflection on Ps 118:24)
Before my meditation this morning I looked out my window as the sun was rising in a cloudless bright blue sky over my frosted lawn. A red-breasted robin, perched on a branch of a blooming pink dogwood tree, was checking me out just inches from one window. A few feet outside another window were five goldfinches clinging to my bird feeder having their breakfast.
Then, I read the same verse from Psalms that’s been in the Liturgy every day this week: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad!”
I can do that!
“Good and gracious Lord, thank You for the beauty that You bring to each and every day. Help me to always see the beauty of Your handiwork, even in the cloudy and dreary days. And, Lord, may I never fail to rejoice and be glad when I receive Your Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Most Holy Eucharist. Amen.”
(Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad! was first published on the blog Reflections of a Lay Catholic)
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This morning as I knelt before Your altar I gave You thanks for all my prayers, my work, my joy and my sufferings. Then, I offered them up to You as a gift for You to use and apply towards the intentions of all my family and friends, and especially for the intentions of the Holy Father.