Were not our hearts burning within us...?

In today's Gospel (Luke 24:13-35) we hear the familiar story of the risen Christ appearing to two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Only in retrospect do the disciples appreciate or even understand the greatness of what had happened.

"Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way
and opened the Scriptures to us?"

This passage wonderfully summarizes the Christian life.

May you and I always appreciate the greatness of what God gives to us not just in retrospect but as it happens.

May we always feel the presence of the Lord walking beside us.

May Christ "open the Scriptures" ever more fully to us and enkindle in our hearts the fire of his truth.

And may we recognize the Lord "in the breaking of the bread."