a new direction for your life is what we find in today's gospel because it may be that just like these two disciples of Emmaus that the word presents to us today, we too are moving away, going in the opposite direction of what is God's plan for us, but something needs to happen to put us back in the right direction in the direction that will then lead us to the realization of God's dreams for our lives of that realization that we seek so much for in God, so I'm here today to tell you that, God has a new direction to give you, I hope. that with an open heart you can welcome this word my brother my sister how good it is that we are here every day to learn from the Lord to learn the Lord and more to power in the word of God not only to teach which would already be great but the power in the word of God to accomplish and this here is extraordinary because everything was done through the power of his word God said and everything was done understand the importance of being here and knowing that this word of God becomes reality in our lives God accomplishes through his word when we open our hearts to Your grace when we are here not as distracted listeners, but with a heart with a disciple's ear with an open heart to listen, welcome and observe this word, welcome to the daily meditation on the word of God. I am Sister Maria Raquel from Instituto Red and it is a great joy to be walking this path with you, a daily path of encounter with God.
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Sign up then sign up now for YouTube to register your name here so that every time we come here to pray we will be praying for you and for your intentions be sure of this let's go to the Gospel in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit amen come Holy Spirit come through the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary your most beloved wife gospel according to Saint Luke chapter 24 verses from 13 to 35 on that same day the first of the week two the disciples of Jesus they were going to a village called Emmaus, 11 km away from Jerusalem, they were talking about all the things that had happened while they were talking and discussing Jesus himself approached and began to walk with them the disciples but they were as if blind and did not recognize him so Jesus asked: "What are you talking about along the way? " They stopped with sad faces and one of them named Cleufas said to him: "You are the only pilgrim in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there in the last few days. " He asked, "What is it?
" The disciples replied: "What happened to Jesus the Nazarene who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and before all the people our high priests and our chiefs handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him we hoped that he would free Israel but despite all this it has been three days since all these things happened it is true that some women in our group gave us a fright they went to the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body so they came back saying that they had seen angels and that they said that Jesus is alive, some of our people went to the tomb and found things as the women had told him, but no one saw him, so Jesus said to him: "Since you are unintelligent and slow to believe everything the prophets said, should n't Christ have suffered all this to enter his glory ? " for it is already late and the night is coming" Jesus came in to be with them when he sat down at the table with them he took the bread, blessed it and broke it and gave it to them. The disciples' eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus but Jesus disappeared from in front of them then one said to the other: "Wasn't our hearts burning when he spoke to us along the way and explained the scriptures to us?
" At that same time they got up and returned to Jerusalem where they found the 11 gathered with the others and they confirmed that the Lord had really risen and appeared to Simon then the two told what had happened on the way and how they had recognized Jesus when breaking the bread word of salvation glory to you Lord see these two disciples witnessed the wonders that the Lord had performed but now faced with the scandal of the cross yes for some scandal for others madness but for us who believe power of God the glory of God but then faced with the scandal of the cross they distance themselves from Jerusalem they are returning to their village saddened discouraged heads down but what happens in the lives of these men then they suddenly return to the path of Jerusalem from Jerusalem that is, they resume their mission full of a renewed faith full of joy they take a new direction see they are moving away from Jerusalem but something happens so that now he that now they take a new direction now he they return to Jerusalem what happened the meeting with the Lord it is impossible it is impossible for us to experience an encounter with the Lord and remain in the same direction the experience with Jesus is accompanied exactly by this metanoia conversion a change of direction with our whole being with our whole soul with our whole history we need to take a new direction see how strong this word is today it speaks to my and your heart we need to take a new direction because because the Lord is truly resurrected because he is alive there is no more room for discouragement there is no more place for discouragement there is no place more to sadness joy faith confidence hope invades our hearts I don't know what difficulty you are facing because we all go through so many difficulties so many problems it is true that from time to time these problems increase and decrease but we are there dealing with adverse situations all day long but one thing is certain we enter each of these situations with a heart full of joy of hope and faith because the Lord has won and he and we are victorious with him in all our adversities in all our tribulations we need to take a new direction is We need to take a new direction we need to take on the mission that God has entrusted to us we were not wrong when we placed our hope in Him hope in God does not disappoint we need to get closer to Jerusalem we need to take the direction of Jerusalem and here we remember the heavenly Jerusalem son daughter are you and I walking the path in the right direction have you ever stopped to think meditate reflect are we heading towards heaven are my choices today my decisions are putting me in the direction of the heavenly Jerusalem or are they putting me in the opposite direction it is time to find the Lord and revived by his presence by the certainty of his love and his victory we take the right direction that in the light of this word you can stop for a moment today to reflect, reevaluate your paths and realize if you are in the right direction and ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom and discernment so that you truly take the right direction in your life and be very happy, there is no point in walking anywhere, right, those who don't know where they are going don't have the strength to walk, but in the right direction is what I was talking to you the other day, it's not enough to take In order to make a decision, we need to ask the Holy Spirit for light so that we can make the right decision so that we can walk in the right direction in the certainty that he awaits us with the prize of happiness and blessedness of this joy that never passes, thank you Lord for this word, thank you because the Lord visits me today as you visited these disciples of Emmaus and comes to remind me that I need to let myself be guided by the Holy Spirit, only then will I have the discernment and wisdom to make the right choice, take the right direction, thank you, Lord, for all those that this word is reaching.
