The Lord Is My Chef Breakfast Recipe for the Soul
Tuesday, Wk. XVII, Yr. I, 30 July 2019
Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28 >< )))*> Matthew 13:36-43
Dear God:
When I come to think about your dwelling place, your tent like in the first reading today where Moses used to enter and converse with you, there is always that peaceful feeling within me. There is that kind of serenity, of stillness and calmness that is very “homey”.
To enter your tent or your dwelling place, O Lord, is simply to be in you, to be one with you. You dwelling place is lovely because it is YOU – how lovely indeed to be in your dwelling place, to be in you, O Lord!
In the same manner, when Matthew told us in today’s gospel your Son Jesus Christ “entered the house”, it is you, O Lord, in turn who comes not only to us but “in” us, when you fill us with your warmth and joy.
Thank you for dwelling in us, Lord.
Indeed, you are kind because you chose to become “one of us”, your kin or kindred.
Help us today to be one like you in love and mercy, kindness and generosity where others especially the weak and the poor may dwell in you in us, Lord. Amen.
