19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading – 1 Kings 19:9,11-13
“And after the fire there came the sound of a gentle breeze”. When Elijah heard this, he covered his face with his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. In this beginning of the reading, we read that the prophet reached the mountain of God, and he went into the cave and spent the night in it. This is very symbolic. He is in the mountain of the Lord, but he is going into the cave and spending the night there. We must go out of our caves. The caves of our doubts, caves of our fears, caves of our anger: we must go out of these caves and stand on the mountain before the Lord. The Lord comes in a gentle breeze. The gentle breeze of His love and kindness. We must have the courage to come out of our caves and stand in the presence of the Lord who comes in gentleness and kindness. Let’s reflect: Am I ready to come of the caves of my doubts and my fears to be in the presence of the Lord who passes with the gentleness of a breeze?
Sunday 13 August
