The Great Reveal: a deep anticipation

Matthew 16: 13-19

O’ Lord, You are the Divine Architect whose wisdom surpasses all others – it is truly remarkable and incomprehensible.

Lord, You know everything about me, especially my vulnerabilities and my deep yearning for a love that is waning from this world.

Praise to the Wonderful Mystery!

O’ Lord, allow me the courage to pull back the veil that will reveal Your magnificent presence and glory.

Lord, I have many more days that are behind me than remain, increase in me a holy desire to know You more with each sunset.

Glory to the Divine Architect!

O’ Lord, it is impossible to know the depths of Your love, for I can only taste it through Your son’s mercy and sacrifice.

Lord, I seek the answer to the question that is lifelong for me, “Is it me that hides from You or are you hiding from me?

Praise to Divine Majesty!

O’ Lord, Your love drenches me  and covers me like the refreshing water gushing from an underground spring.

Lord, You are the affirmation of Truth revealed and my anticipation to know You more grows intensely with each passing day.

Glory to the Good News!

Lord, Your divine Truth is like a strong braid that holds the fabric of an elaborate quilt together.

Lord, Your Truth is the Divine garment of humanity, for it covers the bearer with a peace unknown to man.

Praise to the Essence of Love!

O’ Lord, do You see how man has mastered the art of babel that only serves the idol of confusion and deception?

Lord, as peace retreats from this place, please reveal to us the Spirit of Truth that will guide us away from the alternative facts of mankind.

Glory to the God of Revelation!

                                                                                                                   The Pilgrim

12 Wicker Baskets

Have you ever felt like you want to help, but there's nothing you can do? You want to give, but there's nothing for you to give? In this week's gospel reading the Apostles are worried about the crowd, the lack of food, and the distance from any useable food supply. The only solution that makes any sense is to send the crowd away early enough so that each one can take care of themselves.

That is their advice to Jesus. (The absurdity of anyone giving advice to our Lord is an interesting thought to ponder, perhaps another time...) 

Jesus's response is "Give them some food yourselves." You know the rest of the story. What I would like to bring attention to is the fact that the leftover scraps filled 12 baskets. Spiritual math is very different from any other math: 5 loaves of bread plus 2 fish minus enough to feed over 5 thousand people equals 12 baskets full of leftover food. 

Perhaps this thought is worth contemplating: love and mercy are like the flame of a candle - the more you share, the more there is. This is a spiritual truth, which is greater than any law of physics, because Heaven and Earth will pass away, but the words of the Lord will never pass away........

+ Theophilus