The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday in the Fifth Week of Easter, 29 April 2024
Acts 14:5-18 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> John 14:21-26
Like the Apostle Jude,
I have always wanted to ask You
dear Jesus, "Master, then what
happened that you will reveal yourself to us
and not to the world?" (John 14:22);
why, O Lord, You not simply appear
to everyone so that people will
not have to create other gods
like the people at Lystra who mistook
Paul and Barnabas as Hermes and Zeus?
Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.”
John 14:23
It is a very timely question
many of us are still asking
and Your answer, O Lord,
was mysterious and so profound;
but, thank You, dear Jesus,
for being so near with us,
for being with us always
to enable us to slowly grasp
and understand Your words:
forgive us, Lord, when we take
You as a thing, as an object
to be possessed and held
like those idols and gods
not only of the Greeks and Romans
of old but by many of us today
in various forms and ways;
You, O Jesus, are a Person,
Someone who must be seen
and perceived by our hearts
so that You may take Your dwelling
within us; how lovely that despite
our sins and weaknesses,
You desire to enter our lives;
grant us, therefore, Lord,
an open heart willing to welcome You
inside, to dwell in our hearts
so that we may manifest You to others
in our life of witnessing You peace
and joy, mercy and love, kindness
and reconciliation so that like the
psalmist, we may always sing,
"Not to us, O Lord, not to us
but to your name give glory
because of your mercy,
because of your truth"
(Psalm 115:1).
Amen.
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