31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 19:1-10
“Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’” Until the moment you let Jesus into your heart you are filled with yourself and with the things you have. All your efforts in your life are to protect yourself and to accumulate more and more things for yourself. You do everything to achieve this. That is why we see people never satisfied with what they have. They want more. But the moment you encounter Jesus and listen to His words, “come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today”, everything changes. You start emptying yourself, you start repairing for what you did, you start doing penitence. This encounter with Jesus comes a desire followed by a pursuit. This desire, this desire to see Jesus, is a gift of God Himself. We must accept that gift with a pursuit against all excuses. Zacchaeus did not stop his search before his shortness. He climbed the tree on the way Jesus would pass. Jesus reached and looked up. We also follow the gift of desire to see Jesus in our vocation. We face with weaknesses. There are trees on the way Jesus is passing – the Sacraments, Word of God, good friendships etc. Are we following our desire to see Jesus climbing upon those trees at our disposal or are we giving up? Actually, Jesus is walking that way awaiting to see you there on that tree.
Sunday 30 October
