The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday in the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 26 November 2024
Revelation 14:14-19 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 21:5-11
It happens so often,
Lord Jesus Christ -
just as when we are enjoying
something like a vacation,
exactly at that moment too
when it ends or, at least,
its coming end is felt and realized?
While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, “All that you see here – the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” Then they asked him, Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?” (Luke 21:5-7)
What a paradox,
a mystery so beautiful
that inspires us to live more fully
than sulk with life's sure endings
like what your words tell us today:
I, John, looked and there was a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud one who looked like a son of man, with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand (Revelation 14:14).
Endings are beginnings,
Lord; everything and everyone
shall end in order to begin anew;
despite the destruction,
endings happen to build up
new beginnings,
to signal another start.
Teach us, dear Jesus,
to be ready always,
to prepare for our endings
by living fully,
celebrating life
in your love that
banishes all fears
like death and
endings.
Amen.
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