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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday in the Second Week of Advent, 11 December 2024 Isaiah 40:25-31 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 11:28-30
Thank you dear Jesus for this Season of Advent with its cold weather matched with gentle breeze that lighten our mood and feeling; most of all, your kind words that are so true that sometimes pierce us within but overall comfort us, giving us that much-needed rest in you that only you can truly give.
Jesus said to the crowds: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves” (Matthew 11:28-29).
Open my heart, Lord Jesus, and come to me; come, Jesus, and make me rest in you for you are indeed "meek and humble of heart", always silent, always present, always beside and in me; let me sit beside you, Jesus and teach me to cast aside my many plans and designs I have insisted all these years though they are not according to your plans that is why I am so tired and burdened; let me gaze anew into your deep, penetrating eyes that disregard my faults and sins; most of all, hug me Jesus and take away my worries, pains and hurts that saddle me.
Forgive me, Jesus, when the "Christmas rush" so often overtakes me, when I am focused with the traps and trimmings of Christmas so commercialized, making me forget YOU are Christmas; forgive me when I "faint and grow weary", doubting your presence, questioning your love for me (cf. Isaiah 40:28). Amen.
