“Rationing” God?

The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday in the Second Week of Easter, 11 April 2024
Acts 5:27-33     ><))))*> + <*(((((><     John 3:31-36

Once again,
O Lord,
Your words 
are very amusing today:
"For the one whom God sent
speaks the words of God.
He does not ration his gift
of the Spirit" (John 3:34).

It sounds so funny
yet so true, dear Jesus!
We not only ration the
Holy Spirit but we also
ration every good gift
You give us as if it would
run out, as if You would 
stop blessing us,
as if You are not God.

Forgive us, Lord,
when we ration
especially Your love
to others, when we 
do not realize that love
and life and every blessing
You give are meant to be
given and shared fully
with others.

“We gave you strict orders did we not, to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

Acts 5:28

Dearest Jesus,
fill us with courage
like Your Apostles
after Pentecost that 
we too may give all
to fill the world
with Your Good News
of salvation
in You,
with You,
and through You!
Amen.