5.03.14

Lectio:   Lk 24.13-35                                                                           

Meditatio: “And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight.” Lk 24.30-31

Oratio: "O God, what a marvelous thing Your Son did for the two disciples on the road to Emmaus that first Easter Sunday by giving them Eucharist and allowing them to recognize Him in the breaking of the bread.

I remember that the actions which Your Son performed at Emmaus are the same actions which Your priest do every day for us when the celebrate the Mass and so that Your Son will again be present in a real and personal way for us when we receive You in the Eucharist. In prayer seek the grace to always recognize Jesus in the breaking of the Bread for He so much wants to be with us, to nourish us and to help us on the journey to heaven.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what.
God is saying to you

Operatio: “took bread...blessing, broke...gave”; these are the actions a priest performs every day in celebrating Eucharist and he does so for that is what Jesus commanded His priests to do at the Last Supper  so that the faithful would know that Jesus is present to them. In prayer seek the grace to receive the Eucharist in a worthy manner so that Jesus in coming to me, will have the benefit He wants for me - eternal life with the Trinity and all the saints.

Tomorrow's reading: Jn 6.22-29