The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday in the Second Week of Advent, 11 December 2023 Isaiah 35:1-10 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Luke 5:17-26
Thank you, dear God, our loving Father for this Season of Advent, a season of our vindication in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; what a joy to hear your words on this Monday of the Second Week in Advent through the Prophet Isaiah:
Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God: he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you.
Isaiah 35:3-4
Vindication, O God, is one word we miss so much these days, an experience we long for when finally we are proven right or true, and most of all, justified; it is a difficult mission from you, dear Father, to always walk in your ways, to follow your will especially in this world when being true and faithful, honest and kind, loving and caring are looked down upon as signs of weakness; it is so difficult to be good and holy, just like those men carrying that paralytic to enter the room to get near to Jesus Christ.
Teach us to persevere always, Lord Jesus like those men, to never give up on you, to always find ways even if we have to climb our way up just to go down to you to experience your healing and mercy. Most of all, your vindication. Amen.
