"Stay With Us"
A Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, Cycle A Gospel: Luke 24 The Easter season is an exciting time for me. Not just the Triduum, or Easter Sunday…but the whole 50-days of the season. And I think it’s because it not only honors the day of Jesus resurrection, but also the birth of the church and the whole of Christianity. The season is really about who we are as Catholics. This Gospel story of the two disciples who walk to Emmaus is a wonderful metaphor of our faith journey together – especially as Independent Catholics. Imagine what these two disciples were thinking and how they were feeling as they began their journey. They started their walk from Jerusalem on Easter Sunday. They were feeling discouraged and depressed for they had so much hope in Jesus. After all, he was to save Israel . However, they saw their Lord unjustly tried and put to death. And to make matters worse, now his body was missing! Their hopes were dashed. They were dejected and los...