Rt. Rev. Timothy Ravinder, Bishop in Coimbatore.
CHRIST, COMMUNION AND CORONA
Communion with the Risen Christ in Daily Life
Third
Sunday after Easter (2nd May 2020)
St. Luke 24: 13-33
LISTEN WITH EYES AND THINK WITH HEART?
Jesus appeared, walked and talked with the two brothers on the road to
Emmaus, and they did not understand it was Him.
Why? Did their grief blind them? - Human pain and suffering can do that.
What kept them from comprehending Jesus? ‘FAITH-SIGHT’ or mere ‘EYE-SIGHT’ though the EMMAUS BROTHERS did
not find out Jesus right away, Jesus was with them and they did have their eyes
opened. This event teaches that human sight is inadequate to embrace the
resurrected Jesus. Perhaps they listened with their eyes (Luke 24, 16) and
thought with their feelings? But 'faith-sight' enables.
OBEDIENCE AND VULNERABILITY
Just because we don't ‘see’ or ‘hear’ doesn't mean that Jesus is not
with us. We learn... (Phil 2, 7-8) THROUGH
SELF-EMPTYING & SELFLESS LOVE where, how and in whom we can see and
hear the resurrected Lord. However we remain disobedient: Today, in these times
of crisis and outbreak in COVID-19, Jesus reminds us about our vulnerability
and our mortality. United we stand to drive corona away, through OBEDIENCE and HUMILITY - that Jesus
himself taught us. Many voices yearn for our (Churches') attention today,
particularly those who have less access to the facilities now being provided:
the poorest of the poor. They are among us! The loudest shouts tend to get our
attention. They must not distract us.
PRAY AND DEPEND ON JESUS
Corona is
hitting us hard. Nevertheless, we can overcome this dreadful experience,
because JESUS IS THE LORD OF OUR LIFE
- we pray (Dan 6, 10) and depend on him more than ever. Jesus during his
ministry always stood by the needy and poor. That means, when we give back
the smile to the hopeless, we could SEE Jesus amidst our engagement with
the Corona outbreak victims and front-line workers - and have Communion with
Jesus too.
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