Christ’s words to the two disciples who were on their way to Emmaus, among other things, He tells them two words which may sound strong and hard: “how foolish and dull you are”. The two people walking together have sad faces and their lives are shrouded in a thick fog and their conversation has an almost depressing tone of despair. They had placed their trust in the messiah, the messiah, the redeemer of humanity. However, they thought they had made a mistake since the civil and religious authorities had condemned and executed him on the cross in an infamous way.
At times we are like the disciples of Emmaus, absorbed in our worries with the drama of the coronavirus, with the danger of being unable to experience inner vitality, the closeness of Christ. But, I repeat, Christ walks with us on this way of the cross of the pandemic and besides being in disguise, we practically don’t see it unless we go inside. He joins us in our sadness and despair, listens to our story of the loss of loved ones, of our deep pain of loss of direction and inner darkness.
Yes, he is with us in these painful moments, where a large part of humanity, not to mention the sick people in hospitals who need help, but above all they also need our prayers. He tells us that his love is more powerful than our despair. God starts from pain and suffering and starts from the darkness of death to bring it to the light of the resurrection. It is true that it is not easy to detect, because it requires silence within us.
Christ is taking steps to take away this pandemic that leaves hearts that are truly broken and in some cases hearts that are cold so that they burn, but so that they burn with the light of the Holy Spirit. But this story of the two disciples of Emmaus is the Gospel story that reveals a spiritual pattern for discovering the true presence of Christ in our lives.
As told in Father Henri Nouwen’s book. In his book on discernment, where he treats this subject with great clarity and depth. We detect this presence in persevering prayer, in the Eucharist and in the reflection on Christ’s words in this passage from the disciples of Emmaus. These words of Christ: “Did not the Messiah have to suffer this in order to enter into his glory?” Understanding these words of Christ changes our perception of pain and suffering.
!["El mundo puede cambiar desde el corazón"
(Papa Francisco, Encíclica Dilexit Nos)
"El Corazón de Cristo es éxtasis, es salida, es donación, es encuentro. En él nos volvemos capaces de relacionarnos de un modo sano y feliz, y de construir en este mundo el Reino de amor y de justicia. Nuestro corazón unido al de Cristo es capaz de este milagro social.
Tomar en serio el corazón tiene consecuencias sociales. Como enseña el Concilio Vaticano II, «tenemos todos que cambiar nuestros corazones, con los ojos puestos en el orbe entero y en aquellos trabajos que todos juntos podemos llevar a cabo para que nuestra generación mejore». Porque «los desequilibrios que fatigan al mundo moderno están conectados con ese otro desequilibrio fundamental que hunde sus raíces en el corazón humano». [21] Ante los dramas del mundo, el Concilio invita a volver al corazón, explicando que el ser humano «por su interioridad es, en efecto, superior al universo entero; a esta profunda interioridad retorna cuando entra dentro de su corazón, donde Dios le aguarda, escrutador de los corazones (cf. 1 S 16,7; Jr 17,10), y donde él personalmente, bajo la mirada de Dios, decide su propio destino».
Esto no significa confiar excesivamente en nosotros mismos. Tengamos cuidado: advirtamos que nuestro corazón no es autosuficiente; es frágil y está herido. Tiene una dignidad ontológica, pero al mismo tiempo debe buscar una vida más digna. Dice también el Concilio Vaticano II que «el fermento evangélico ha despertado y despierta en el corazón del hombre esta irrefrenable exigencia de la dignidad», aunque para vivir conforme a esa dignidad no nos basta conocer el Evangelio ni cumplir mecánicamente lo que nos manda. Necesitamos el auxilio del amor divino. Acudamos al Corazón de Cristo, ese centro de su ser, que es un horno ardiente de amor divino y humano y es la mayor plenitud que puede alcanzar lo humano. Allí, en ese Corazón es donde nos reconocemos finalmente a nosotros mismos y aprendemos a amar."](https://www.idente.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
