'Were not our hearts burning within us while He spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us'" (Luke 24: 29-32).
It seems to me that the Lord is walking along side us all the time, pointing out things along the way, explaining, describing and informing of the real meaning of things. Truth is a gift we already possess, one that stirs in our hearts when see and experience it.
Oh Lord, since I was a little girl you have spoken to me in so many simple but real ways. The world is a bible and in reality, I am reading it all the time. You are never silent; I on the other hand am often deaf. Forgive me Lord when I do not pour out to you my sorrows and hurts, so that you can lift them and consecrate them at the breaking of the bread. I love you and trust in you. Amen.
(T. Monaghen)
Sixth Station: Jesus Reveals Himself in the Breaking of the Bread
As he hung on the cross, everyone could see where the precious body of Jesus had been torn and his flesh broken. The did not break his bones, to fulfill the Scriptures, but his mission appeared broken and so did his good name. They hung him on the cross in shame, to punish and make an example of him. But he revealed himself to us in another broken sign, the sign of the breaking of the bread. What seemed to be broken was really God's way of reversing the ways of the world. It was something that Mary knew when she cried from her heart that the Almighty had filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. And in the breaking of the bread her son fills the hungry with the bread from his own hands, broken out of love but raised up in glory. We want to be broken for others, too, so we can give of ourselves and reveal him to others.
(Msgr. Vaccari)
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