When the two disciples recognized Jesus as He broke the bread for them in their
house in Emmaus, He "vanished from their sight" (Luke 24:31). The recognition
and the disappearance of Jesus are one and the same event. Why? Because the
disciples recognized that their Lord Jesus, the Christ, now lives in them ...
that they have become Christ-bearers. Therefore, Jesus no longer sits across
the table from them as the stranger, the guest, the friend with whom they can
speak and from whom they can receive good counsel. He has become one with
them. He has given them His own Spirit of Love. Their companion on the journey
has become the companion of their souls. They are alive, yet it is no longer
them, but Christ living in them.
-- Henri Nouwen
"Christ now lives in me..." -- See Galatians 2:20.
Grateful
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