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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Thursday, Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle, 30 November 2023 Romans 10:9-18 <*(((>< + ><)))*> + <*(((>< + ><)))*> Matthew 4:18-22
I have always wondered, Lord Jesus, what was there in your lodging to which Andrew "came and saw" that he followed you right away? What was there, or not there, in the vast Lake of Galilee that Andrew along with his brother Peter that "Immediately they left their boat and their father and followed you", Jesus (Matthew 4:22)?
It seems to me, dear Jesus, it was not the thing outside that Andrew saw and did not see that he promptly followed you; his promptness in following you was a result of something he both found inside and did not find within himself - that is YOU!
Teach me to be prompt in responding to your call, dear Jesus, by admitting the emptiness within me only YOU can fill and make complete; many times, I keep on looking for something and somebody else in life when it is YOU whom I should first search within me; many times, I keep on coming and seeing somewhere else when it is always YOU, Jesus, who come first to me to see and experience in the most ordinary, even routinary circumstances of daily life. Dear Jesus, teach me to be like St. Andrew to keep that desire within to never be contented, to constantly seek and promptly follow you so that I may proclaim you more boldly. Amen.
