Caminando con Jesus

Lc 24, 13-35

El mismo día de la resurrección, iban dos de los discípulos hacia un pueblo llamado Emaús, situado a unos once kilómetros de Jerusalén, y comentaban todo lo que había sucedido.

Mientras conversaban y discutían, Jesús se les acercó y comenzó a caminar con ellos; pero los ojos de los dos discípulos estaban velados y no lo reconocieron. Él les preguntó: “¿De qué cosas vienen hablando, tan llenos de tristeza?”

Uno de ellos, llamado Cleofás, le respondió: “¿Eres tú el único forastero que no sabe lo que ha sucedido estos días en Jerusalén?” Él les preguntó: “¿Qué cosa?” Ellos le respondieron: “Lo de Jesús el nazareno, que era un profeta poderoso en obras y palabras, ante Dios y ante todo el pueblo. Cómo los sumos sacerdotes y nuestros jefes lo entregaron para que lo condenaran a muerte, y lo crucificaron. Nosotros esperábamos que él sería el libertador de Israel, y sin embargo, han pasado ya tres días desde que estas cosas sucedieron. Es cierto que algunas mujeres de nuestro grupo nos han desconcertado, pues fueron de madrugada al sepulcro, no encontraron el cuerpo y llegaron contando que se les habían aparecido unos ángeles, que les dijeron que estaba vivo. Algunos de nuestros compañeros fueron al sepulcro y hallaron todo como habían dicho las mujeres, pero a él no lo vieron”.

Entonces Jesús les dijo: “¡Qué insensatos son ustedes y qué duros de corazón para creer todo lo anunciado por los profetas! ¿Acaso no era necesario que el Mesías padeciera todo esto y así entrara en su gloria?” Y comenzando por Moisés y siguiendo con todos los profetas, les explicó todos los pasajes de la Escritura que se referían a él.

Ya cerca del pueblo a donde se dirigían, él hizo como que iba más lejos; pero ellos le insistieron, diciendo: “Quédate con nosotros, porque ya es tarde y pronto va a oscurecer”. Y entró para quedarse con ellos. Cuando estaban a la mesa, tomó un pan, pronunció la bendición, lo partió y se lo dio. Entonces se les abrieron los ojos y lo reconocieron, pero él se les desapareció. Y ellos se decían el uno al otro: “¡Con razón nuestro corazón ardía, mientras nos hablaba por el camino y nos explicaba las Escrituras!”

Se levantaron inmediatamente y regresaron a Jerusalén, donde encontraron reunidos a los Once con sus compañeros, los cuales les dijeron: “De veras ha resucitado el Señor y se le ha aparecido a Simón”. Entonces ellos contaron lo que les había pasado en el camino y cómo lo habían reconocido al partir el pan.

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GospelLK 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,

two of Jesus’ disciples were going

to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,

and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.

And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,

Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,

but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.

He asked them,

“What are you discussing as you walk along?”

They stopped, looking downcast.

One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,

“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem

who does not know of the things

that have taken place there in these days?”

And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”

They said to him,

“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,

who was a prophet mighty in deed and word

before God and all the people,

how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over

to a sentence of death and crucified him.

But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;

and besides all this,

it is now the third day since this took place.

Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:

they were at the tomb early in the morning

and did not find his Body;

they came back and reported

that they had indeed seen a vision of angels

who announced that he was alive.

Then some of those with us went to the tomb

and found things just as the women had described,

but him they did not see.”

And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!

How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!

Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things

and enter into his glory?”

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,

he interpreted to them what referred to him

in all the Scriptures.

As they approached the village to which they were going,

he gave the impression that he was going on farther.

But they urged him, “Stay with us,

for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”

So he went in to stay with them.

And it happened that, while he was with them at table,

he 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.

Then they said to each other,

“Were not our hearts burning within us

while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”

So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem

where they found gathered together

the Eleven and those with them who were saying,

“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”

Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way

and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

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Meditacion:

Este evangelio es uno de mis preferidos. Y lo es porque es palpable la frustracion de los discipulos, ellos esperaban otra cosa de Jesus, que viniera, liberara y restaurara un viejo esquema de valores, el mismo de siempre, haciendo pagar en fuego y sangre, la liberacion del pueblo de Israel. Y el tiempo habia pasado y nada habia sucedido.

Incluso no le habian creido a Maria Magdalena que lo habia visto y habia estado en el sepulcro.

Pero Jesus no vino para una revolucion de sangre sino de amor. La verdad, me hubiera encantado estar en esa disertacion, en ese acto de amor por el que el buen Jesus se puso a explicarles como a niños a sus discipulos porque debia pasar las cosas como pasaron.

Y me veo a mi mismo y a cada uno de nosotros, caminando a veces con la misma Verdad a nuestro lado y nada... no la vemos... la dejamos pasar...

Envueltos en discusiones y frustraciones de nuestra vida diarias, Jesus camina con nosotros y trata de explicarnos lo mismo. Pero no tenemos tiempo o el suficiente oido... o a veces nuestras busquedas espirituales estan por otro lado...

A veces tenemos suerte y lo descubrimos en la eucaristia, solo por un segundo, podemos apenas mirar la Gloria de la Salvacion pero se nos vuelve a olvidar apenas el Padre termina la misa.

Aprendamos a caminar con Jesus, hablemosle, preguntemosle, El contesta todo, espera por nosotros cada minuto de cada dia.

“Señor, ayúdame a ver cuán valiosas son para ti todas las personas, y concédeme compasión para compartir tu amor con ellos.” Amen

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This gospel is one of my favorites. And it is because the frustration of the disciples is palpable, they expected something else from Jesus, that he would come, liberate and restore an old scheme of values, the same as always, making the liberation of the people of Israel pay in fire and blood. And time had passed and nothing had happened.

They had not even believed Maria Magdalena that she had seen him and had been in the grave.

But Jesus did not come for a blood revolution but for love. The truth, I would have loved to be in that lecture, in that act of love for which the good Jesus began to explain to his disciples as children why things should happen as they happened.

And I see myself and each one of us, sometimes walking with the same Truth by our side and nothing ... we don't see it ... we let it pass ...

Engaged in discussions and frustrations of our daily lives, Jesus walks with us and tries to explain the same to us. But we don't have time or enough ear ... or sometimes our spiritual pursuits are elsewhere ...

Sometimes we are lucky and we discover it in the Eucharist, just for a second, we can barely look at the Glory of Salvation but we forget again as soon as the Father finishes the mass.

Let's learn to walk with Jesus, let's talk to him, ask him, He answers everything, he waits for us every minute of every day.

"Lord, help me see how valuable all people are to you, and grant me compassion to share your love with them." Amen