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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.  Luke 24:15 From the words of St. Jerome,  'ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of God'.  This is why I believe they did not recognize Jesus as he pulled up beside them and questionedhim why he did not know of the things that happenedin Jerusalem.  They even said, "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.”  Luke 24:22-24. Were they ignorant to the scripture pass where Jesus told them on the third day he would rise?  Where were they going, nothing was said that he would be found in Emmaus.  Even today we know whe

He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.  John 6:6 Jesus does this same thing with you and with me.  Jesus knows what he is going to do, the question is what are you going to do?  Everything that happens in your life happens for a reason and God supplied you with everything you need to be successful in every situation at every given point in your life.  To think like this is to live everyday Mathew 17:20-21 "For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."   Do you think I chose this path for my life, never in a million years did I think this is what my day would like like.  I choose to pick up my cross everyday and do the very best that God has allowed me to give to this world. I get my strength from the word of God, in particular from, Acts 5:38-39 "For if this endeavor or this activity is of h

But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.  John 3:21 The start of today's Gospel is one of the more famous quotes used throughout the world, but I would like to bring attention to the last line of today's Gospel.   Light is an amazing and natural thing the world can not be without.  If we would not have light we would not have life.  You can close your eyes and try and hide from the light, but it is always there.  Sin lives in darkness, truth shines from the light.  God is truth therefore God is light.  The only way to heaven is through Jesus, and we get to Jesus by emulating the lives of the Saints, the ones who have gone before us.  Jesus also said in Luke 12:52 "Do you suppose I came to give peace on earth?"  Jesus knew that there would be people who would disagree with his teachings and those disagreements would exist in our own families.  Things happen in your lifetime and if you have no faith that God i

He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”  Luke 24:44 In order to understand what Jesus is talking about that is to be fulfilled, we have to understand what what was written in the old testament, the he must suffer, and die and be resurrected.  Jesus told his disciples these things while he was with them and it has been documented and verified.  This is why I look to the first reading as an understanding of what he is talking about.  "Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did; but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer.  Acts 3: 17-18. Ignorance by definition means lack of knowledge or information.  So even though Jesus was standing before them teaching them and explaining everything to them

And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”  Mathew 26:21 Today's Gospel is really about an examination of conscience.  When we sin we betray Jesus.  And when we avoid confession we are saying, 'it is not I, Lord'. I have always wondered about Judas, if he was truly that bad, why did the other Apostles not suspect him immediately as the betrayer.  Jesus always knew and for scriptures to be fulfilled had to have things happen a certain way.  It is troubling to think in how many ways am I like Judas in my life?  Do I sell Jesus out for less?  Of course, do I feel bad and want to reconcile or do I push it aside and say it is not that bad.  We also think of the things that we have done that have hurt Jesus, have you ever thought about things you have not done that hurt him more?   We are called to make Jesus Lord of every area of our life, which is no easy task, but with God anything is possible.  God our Father, we are exceedingly frai

This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: ‘Say to daughter Zion, “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.”’   Mathew 21:5 Finally we see what the true Kingdom of God is going to look like.  The King will enter the royal city meek and humble.  The king came to be crushed by the hands of the very people who were looking for a king to turn back the Roman's and lead in a new kingdom.   Many times in the public ministry of Jesus did the people try and crown him king, but as he stated my time has not come.  Jesus had to demonstrate what his Kingdom would truly look like, a Kingdom of service.  Jesus fulfilled what the prophet had foretold, he would enter the city riding on a donkey.  When the Pharisees saw what this was, they feared what this would mean for them, which is why they determined Jesus must die, 'it is better for the death of one man than for the death of a nation'