Sunflowers turn to follow the sun.
Rivers flow till they reach the sea.
Birds fly south to keep warm in the winter.
Beasts search far and wide to find watering holes.
Fish come back to where they were born to spawn.
Nature knows what to seek for
And in time, it finds what it seeks.
Nature is ruled by needs and instincts.
Man is moved by longings and yearnings.
Needs and instincts are unthinking.
There is no going against them.
Longings and yearnings are subject to choice.
Man can fulfill them in a variety of ways.
Man seeks peace and he will find peace,
Sometimes even in the midst of war and turmoil.
Man seeks happiness and he will find happiness,
Sometimes in the most unexpected places
And from the least expected people.
Man seeks redemption from all that ails him
And he will find his salvation
Often by simply appreciating what he already has.
Redemption does not come from the stars
But from the yearnings and longings deeply embedded in us.
Peace comes when we break bread together.
Happiness happens whenever we share a meal in love.
Redemption is when we recognize the person before us
For the person he truly is.
For every place can be an Emmaus.
And every bread broken with friends is sacred bread.
And every meal shared with loved one is a holy meal.
For if we but seek the Lord, we will find him.
Rejoice, O hearts that seek the Lord.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, “Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Luke 24:28-31