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Lectio Divina Newsletter

Dear Friend,

Welcome to our Easter Newsletter. In this edition you will find a very interesting article by Greg Wilson as he contemplates the Journey to Emmaus.

In addition to this, you will find a poetic meditation on the same text by Virginia Fortunat and a compelling piece by Eric Lahey, "We're on the Road Now!"

Bishop David Walker shares his insights about this wonderful Scripture Passage: Luke 24:13-34.

We’re on that road now!

I was at Mass the other day and the Priest started by wishing everyone a happy Easter. That seemed like a good, safe start. He then asked whether we had all been given a cactus to sit on, and a lemon to suck on? This caused some parishioners to shift in their pews, and I was one of them. I wondered if he would notice if…

On the Road to Emmaus

A Contemplative Reflection (Luke 24:13–35) in the style of Imaginative Contemplation from the Jesuit Tradition inspired by the image “Emmaus Road” (1992) by artist Janet Brooks-Gerloff. Walk the road. Feel the weight of your steps, the quiet ache of disappointment. Hope once lived here, but now it lingers as a question, we had hoped… Around you, the figures blur, like in Brooks-Gerloff’s painting, edges softened, certainty…

The Road to Emmaus

Lectio Reflection – Third Sunday of Easter – Luke 24:13-35 (Year A, 2026) There is something deeply human about this Gospel. Two disciples walking away from Jerusalem, weighed down by disappointment, confusion, and loss. “We had hoped…” – those words linger for me. They speak of a faith that once burned brightly but now seems overshadowed by events they cannot reconcile. And yet, it is precisely…

The Weight of the Journey

“Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free.” In the painting titled ‘The Road to Emmaus’ the portrayal of the disciples serves as a visual metaphor for the weight of their grief and extinguished expectations. The artist depicts the risen Christ as transparent, faintly outlined, present but not yet recognised. The figure of Jesus can be seen imitating the…

Lectio Reflection – Third Sunday of Easter – Luke 24:13-35 (Year A 2026)

The gospel is about Jesus appearing to two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Luke presents it in the light of the epiphany of Yahweh appearing to the people of…

Lectio Reflection – Second Sunday of Easter – John 20:19-31 (Year A 2026_

Today we're reading about Jesus entering into Jerusalem and focus is going to be the fact that he comes as a king, but a humble king. Welcome to a transformative…

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