The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Easter Octave, 03 April 2024
Acts 3:1-10 <*[[[[>< + ><]]]]'> Luke 24:13-35
Continue to open my eyes,
my heart,
my total self
to Your coming,
to Your passing
Lord Jesus Christ;
Your tomb was empty
because You chose to walk
with me even when
I was at the wrong path,
in the opposite direction
like those two disciples
on the way back to Emmaus
from Jerusalem because You were
nowhere that Easter Sunday;
what a beautiful gesture by You,
dear Jesus,
to walk with them,
to converse with them,
most of all,
to make their hearts burn within!
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them…
Luke 24:31-33
My dear Jesus,
many times I felt giving up
of going back to Emmaus too,
leaving Jerusalem
at those times I felt
You were gone;
but when You helped me
retrace my path
with Your words
and many signs,
my heart burned within
of love and faith in You
that before I knew it,
You have brought me back
to Your path again
with enough love
to move on;
keep me in Your path
to the Cross, Jesus;
let me immerse in
the Scripture to discover
in Your words
Your presence,
Your calling,
Your life
in my life
and relationships
with You,
with nature,
and with others.
Keep that fire of love
burning within me, Jesus
so that I may bring Your light
and your warmth
to those seeking You,
those lost in life,
and worst,
those resigned in their situations
like that man crippled from birth
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple:
When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “look at us.” He paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.”
Acts 3:3-6
There are times,
Jesus,
I look more into negative self,
my distaff condition,
my wounds
even if I am looking at You
like that crippled man
expecting the trivial things
than the essential ones
like fulfillment in You;
enable me to look for You
in my heart,
to see You in my self
and on the face
of others I meet.
Dearest Jesus,
keep the fire of Your love
burning inside me
so I may see You
and follow You
more closely
daily.
Amen.
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