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The Lord Is My Chef Christmas Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday in the Christmas Weekday, 04 January 2023 1 John 3:7-10 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> John 1:35-42
I have always wondered, Lord Jesus, what have you shown Andrew and his companion that day you invited them to "come and see"?
He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon. Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah,” which is translated Christ.
John 1:39-41
Everyday, you also invite me to come so that I will see you but rarely do I really COME to experience you; rarely do I come to feel you; rarely do I come to listen to you; rarely do I come to just sit beside you nor watch the day go by; forgive me, Jesus for always refusing to come to you especially when you are down and sad, sick and aching inside, when you are boxed by people, imprisoned in wrongful thoughts, or simply because you are poor, not like me and my friends who are cool and hip and modern...
That is why, many times, I also fail to SEE you in person, Lord Jesus that I do not see your smiles and your tears; I do not see your sufferings and pains; I do not see your point of view; I cannot see your reasons and your situations nor plight; most of all, I fail to see your love and trust in me because I keep on spending more time coming to see the make believe world of media.
What did Andrew and companion see that whole day, Jesus? It must be a lot of you! A lot of you in yourself, a lot of you in themselves, and a lot of you in others as well as in life and in nature!
Dearest Lord Jesus, bless me and let me this 2023 to always come and see where you stay so that at the end of each day I may also say or exclaim like Andrew "We have found the Messiah"! Amen.
