15. — The Arrival at Emmaus.

The Arrival at Emmaus.

Read St. Luke xxiv.  28, 29

[28] And they drew nigh to the town, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. [29] But they constrained him; saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

1.  In the midst of the discourse, which had made them forget all else, they found themselves at their destination; and their Divine Companion made as though He would go farther.  He let them think He was intending to leave them, in order to teach them, and through them to teach us, the necessity of persisting in prayer.  Our Lord often lets us think that He is going to forsake us, or that He is unkind to us, or that He is not ready with help in time of need, in order to see whether we are in earnest in our desire to have Him for our companion and our friend, or whether we are ready to give Him up in the face of difficulties.

2.  These two disciples will not hear of Jesus going farther.  What do they not owe Him for that heavenly discourse that has turned their sorrow into joy!  What would they not give to keep Him with them, and to listen to more of such words as His!  They simply compel Him to remain with them, urging the motives that they regard as most likely to be effectual.  This is what Jesus loves — that we should urge Him with constant importunity until we constrain Him to listen to our petitions.

3.  We should each day invoke Our Lord with these words: Stay with us.  Each morning when we wake, Stay with us through the day; in time of temptation or danger, Stay with us; in holy Communion, Stay with us with Thy Divine power; in the time of sickness and in the hour of death, Stay with us, O Lord Jesus!

 


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