With sadness mixed with excitement we left Jerusalem today. We had one last stop before our late night departure for New York: Abu Gosh, another possible site for the Emmaus of Luke's Gospel (there are actually four possible sites).
The Ark of the Covenant also spent some time in this location, so we visited a Church that honored Mary as the New Ark of the Covenant.
In this land, where the presence of Jesus is so palpable, it is tempting to say with St. Peter on Mt. Tabor, "It is good that we are here, let us stay". We know, however, that the Lord is calling us to encounter Him in the ordinariness of seminary life in St. Paul and in ministry to our dioceses. No, we cannot stay in the Holy Land, but the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is more real and powerful than any of the places we have been in this land. The beauty of the incarnation is that we can meet the Risen Lord in Israel or Minnesota, Jordan or South Dakota. And we can praise Him for that!
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