We are familiar with the image of Jesus knocking at a door with no outside doorknob from the Book of Revelation. It's a door that must be opened from within; only we can open it. Today's Gospel from Luke (12:35-38) also uses the image of door as the servants await the return of the master from a wedding. Jesus knocks, longing for the door of our hearts to open to him so that he might regale us with his present and lavish gifts. Picture the wedding feast at Cana or the Last Supper: the joy, the intimacy, the outpouring of his love to prevent embarrassment to the bridegroom and bride, to share his very body and blood as the food of eternal life. How he takes care of even material needs, and more importantly, those spiritual. We have the opportunity to feast with Jesus at every Mass we attend, but also in his daily knockings through the people and events that come our way. How he wishes to share himself and take care of us, to feed us, to draw us into closer union with him. May our ears and hearts be open to the knockings we hear today, and may we not refuse to open!
Bro. Rene
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