After The Dream Comes Mourning

What do you do with a broken dream? The road to Emmaus has been excavated and visitors to the Holy Land can walk along the same route the two disciples take in today’s Gospel Lesson. Most of us probably will never share the disciples’ experience in this physical way. But I think we all would be willing to say that we’ve had our share of the emotional and spiritual drain they were under as they walked along their street of broken dreams.

They had been part of a glorious dream until this time. They had been with Jesus. They had felt their hearts warmed by His presence. They had heard Him teach and preach. They had seen Him heal. They had believed that all the promises of the ages were about to be fulfilled. On Palm Sunday they had gone into the City with Jesus sensing victory. It was a time of great joy. As they heard the crowd cheering Jesus, I’m sure the…