The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the First Week of Advent, 05 December 2023 Isaiah 11:1-10 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Luke 10:21-24
Praise and glory to you, God our Father for this Season of Advent! Indeed we are so blessed in your Son Jesus Christ for "many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it" (Luke 10:24).
How wonderful are your plans, most merciful Father, in making a shoot sprout from the stump of Jesse and from its roots a bud blossom (Isaiah 11:1), Jesus Christ.
As we await his Second Coming, help us realize, bring into reality, his most beautiful portrait saw by Isaiah: "Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall be neighbors, together their young shall rest; the lion shall eat hay like ox. The baby shall play by the cobras den, and the child lay his hand on the adder's lair" (vv.5-8).
Let us witness the gospel of Jesus to effect peace that until now has eluded us because we have refused to recognize Jesus, follow Jesus, be like Jesus.
Let us be like Jesus who is just, not judging by appearance nor deciding by hearsay, siding with the poor not with the rich, speaking always of his truth and justice.
We are so blessed in Jesus Christ who had come, who is come who will come again; make us responsible enough to see Jesus more clearly, to understand his vision deeply, to listen to his words acutely so he may be found in us already. Amen.
