The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 20 November 2024
Revelation 4:1-11 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 19:11-28
How lovely are your words
these past days, dear Lord,
of Bartimaeus gaining his sight
and Zacchaeus being raised in his
stature before you in his conversion.
We are Bartimaeus and Zacchaeus!
Grant us, Jesus vision more than sight
to see beyond material things
so that we may aspire always to rise
above our many shortness in life.
Open our hearts and our minds like John
to experience a vision of God,
of heaven amid all the darkness
and sufferings in this life.
I, John, had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards” (Revelation 4:1).
You are beyond descriptions,
God our Father like what John saw
in his vision; teach us to submit
ourselves to You in prayer and silence
than manipulate who You really are
so beyond understanding!
“He replied, ‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.'” After Jesus had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem (Luke 19:26-28).
Like Zacchaeus yesterday,
he realized that to rise in one's stature
is actually to go down,
to be humble
to allow Jesus raise us up
in His loving mercy;
take away our worldly thoughts
about "Jerusalem"
and learn to lose ourselves in You,
Jesus, to truly see
the glory awaiting us
in You.
Amen.
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