Is the event on the road to Emmaus a sign for our times? I am starting to believe that Jesus has kept certain things hidden from us until we are ready to understand. In the last few weeks, while revisiting the account of the Gospel, an idea began forming in my mind. "Roads often symbolize history" I thought. For instance, the road from Jericho to Jerusalem seems to represent the history of Israel since Jericho was the first city conquered by the Israelites and Jerusalem was the last.If we … [Read more...]