The way in which the Disciples shared their
faith provides us with a beautiful image of the Church. The Church is a
community of people who share what they have experienced, what they have seen
and come to realize. Some share what they have experienced themselves; others
refer to the experience of a third party, as in the case of the disciples in
Jerusalem who tell of the appearance of the Risen One to Simon. Each one of us
has a tale to tell about our journey on the road. When our experience on the
road has opened our eyes and made our hearts burn within us, then we have
encountered the Risen One.
For Luke, whenever our heart is moved in its
innermost core or, as Paul Tillich puts it, whenever something “speaks to us
unconditionally,” there, infallibly, we experience the Resurrection. They are
everyday experiences: conversations, encounters, meals, breaking of bread,
walks, communal outings. We talk much to each other and keep meeting new
people, but often the conversation remains mere talk and the meeting mere
contact. Where there is true dialogue, where eyes are opened, where our hearts
start to burn as we talk – there is truly Resurrection, there we meet the Risen
One himself, who appears to us in the shape of a companion on the road.
What would you like to tell the people who
have become dear to you? Have you often pondered in your heart what you would
like to say to your friend, and have you always held back? To live the
Resurrection would mean that now you stand by the inner impulse that urges you
to open yourself to the other person. When you dare to say what has been
forming in your heart for a long time, you will learn how a new relationship is
created, how hearts begin to burn, how the Risen One himself talks within you.
Source: Anselm
Grun, Taste the Joy of Easter, pp.
49-51.
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