I say to you, my sister and brother disciples now on the road to Emmaus, let\u2019s not turn inward to ourselves, our worries, our burdens, our fears; but turn rather to Him, the way, the truth, and the life, the one who told us over and over, \u201cBe not afraid!\u201d, who assured us that He \u201cwould be with us all days, even to the end of the world,\u201d and who promised us that \u201cnot even the gates of hell would prevail,\u201d the one who John Paul the Great called, \u201cthe answer to the question posed by every human life,\u201d and recognize Him again in His word, in the \u201cbreaking of the bread,\u201d in His Church.<\/p>\n
Let Him \u201cturn us around\u201d as He did those two disciples, turned them around because, simply put, they were going the wrong way, and sent them running back to Jerusalem, where Peter was, where the apostles were, where the Church was.<\/p>\n
For three weeks in July, 1992, I was on pilgrimage in Israel. I had a wonderful Franciscan guide who made sure I saw all the sacred places in the Holy Land. The day before I departed, he asked, \u201cIs there anything left you want to see?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I replied, \u201cI would like to walk the road to Emmaus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat we cannot do,\u201d he told me, \u201cYou see, no one really knows where that village of Emmaus actually was, so there is no more road to Emmaus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sensing my disappointment, he remarked, \u201cMaybe that\u2019s part of God\u2019s providence, because we can now make every journey we undertake a walk down the Road to Emmaus.\u201d<\/p>\n
My new friends of this great archdiocese, would you join your new pastor on an \u201cadventure in fidelity,\u201d as we turn the Staten Island Expressway, Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, Broadway, the FDR, the Major Deegan, and the New York State Thruway into the Road to Emmaus, as we witness a real \u201cmiracle on 34th street\u201d and turn that into the road to Emmaus?<\/p>\n
For, dare to believe, that:
\nFrom Staten Island to Sullivan County
\nFrom the Bowery, to the Bronx, to Newburgh,
\nFrom White Plains to Poughkeepsie\u2026<\/p>\n
He is walking right alongside us.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor why do we look for the living among the dead?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor He is risen as He said, alleluia, alleluia!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGive thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Amen, Amen. Mighty, mighty! We are blessed. We have exactly the pastor we need. He is not from New York, but everything about him says \u201cI know Brooklyn.\u201d Dolan has that singular quality that I call \u201cAmerican genius\u2026\u201d He speaks openly and honestly about the faults and weaknesses and wounds of the church, but he is able to remind us, too, of the transcendental glory of \u201cthe supernatural family of faith\u201d that is espoused to Christ-in-Glory, Christ-in-Sorrow, Christ-in-Us. He says he aims to be \u201ca happy bishop\u201d and that \u201chappiness attracts.\u201d Yes, it does, powerfully.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re going to see renewal with this bishop. We\u2019re going to see growth, energy, vocations. We\u2019re going to see real<\/em> hope. Real<\/em> change. The \u201cworld\u201d is going to recognise it, and the \u201cworld\u201d is not going to like it.<\/p>\nThe city is embracing him quickly, and he is giving it a big bearhug, right back.<\/p>\n
We have a pastor. Thanks be to God!<\/p>\n
And thank you, Pope Benedict. You prayed<\/a> with us, and listened to us<\/a>, treated our wounds<\/a> and took our measure<\/a> when you were here just exactly one year ago<\/a>. And by the grace of the Holy Spirit, you gave us precisely what we needed.<\/p>\nMore thoughts on the installation \u2013 and the abortion-Obama obsessed press \u2013 later.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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