Friday, Jan 16

The Emmaus story is almost the last in Luke’s gospel.  Unrecognized, the risen Jesus walks with two discouraged, doubting disciples.  It’s our story!  The risen Jesus walks with us, too, asks us to open our wounded hearts/lives to him and gives us hope and strength by opening the deeper meaning of Scripture and the Eucharist.  We have everything we need to stay in the Christian community and keep going together!

Wednesday, Jan 14

St. Augustine said, “We are simply travelers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode.  We are on our way, not yet in our native land.  We are in a state of longing, not yet enjoyment.  But let us continue on our way, so we may ultimately arrive at our destination.”  Instead of “keeping on going,” where do I try to “settle in,” thinking

I’ve done enough?

Monday, Jan 12

The earliest term first Christians used to describe themselves was “followers of the Way” (Acts 9:2).  They were followers of Jesus’ Way: a very different way of living and loving than the self-centered way around them – and still around us in 2026.   As I begin this new year, which way best characterizes how I’m living my daily life?