Acts 3:1-10 / Luke 24:13-35
Life has its challenges, and in the face of those challenges, we can choose to either face it or the flee from it.
Of course, when we face those challenges in life, we will grow and learn and be better from it.
But when it comes to disappointments, looking at it and lingering upon it may only result in frustration and resentment.
So it would be better to walk away and walk out of it and forget about it altogether.
In the gospel, that was what the two disciples were doing. They were walking away from their shattered dreams and deep disappointment.
They took the road to Emmaus, and along the way Jesus came along and walked with them.
Jesus listened to them, talked with them, explained the Scriptures to them, and then ate with them.
He gave them hope by revealing Himself to them, and their hearts burned with excitement as they ran back to share the Good News.
In the 1st reading, Peter made this profound statement to the crippled man: I have neither silver nor gold, but I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!
And so, we walk with Jesus. In our happiness and disappointments, in our health and sickness, in our success and failure, let us walk close to Jesus.
And when we walk with others in their challenges and difficulties, let us share the love of Jesus with them.
And together, let us walk with them towards Jesus.