To Emmaus, or back again? The choice is yours!
April 12, 2005 by Melody Laila
Filed under Columnists, Melody Laila
In this post Easter season, I felt led to write about what we call the “Emmaus Encounter”. There are so many things which stand out in this little episode mentioned in St. Luke’s Gospel 24:13-35 .
Cleopas and another unnamed disciple are so dejected about Jesus’ crucifixion & death that they are leaving Jerusalem to go to Emmaus - which is interestingly enough ” seven ” miles away - the Biblical number for perfection - they were going as perfectly far away as they could.
In order for these disciples to experience Jesus, they had to go through five distinct stages, which we too must undergo:
