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This might be a bit overwhelming but, in case you have a spare 90 minutes here’s the full Emmaus series of reflections:
In preparation for this Sunday, I am preparing a series of six short videos reflecting on Luke’s account of Cleopas and his unidentified companion leaving Jerusalem on their way to Emmaus. The first two videos can be viewed here:
Emmaus I – Luke 24:13-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAtDsc5umZw&t=613s
Emmaus II – Luke 24:17-21a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOeLjFDqunQ&t=27s
Four videos will follow and appear here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCdVyUYYODFGem8gQdV5YQ/videos
There are many disturbing elements in the story of the “man of the city who had demons” in Luke 8:26-39.
Luke 8:26-39 tells the dramatic story of Jesus’ encounter with
a man of the city who had demons.
When Mary and Joseph entered the temple in Jerusalem to give thanks for the birth of their son and to dedicate him to the Lord, they met an aging holy man named Simeon. Simeon blessed the couple and their baby.
Five times in nineteen verses the idea is repeated.
11 Soon afterwards Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.
6And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, ‘Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7therefore I did not presume to come to you.
1After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.
46 ‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you?
In A Spacious Place 