Listen I am standing at the door

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today speak of the invitation to be in an intimate relationship with the Divine. This will be a life changing experience. The author of Revelations paints the image of Christ standing at the door knocking. The decision is ours. Jesus travels through Jericho in the account from Luke’s Gospel. The chief tax collector, Zacchaeus, and Roman Collaborator desires to see Jesus and because of his short stature climbs a tree along the path Jesus is travelling. Jesus calls him from the tree and invites Himself to dinner with Zacchaeus. The tax collector accepts and vows to change his life and repay his debts. The lukewarm and those who have not been washed in the blood of the lamb are standing back outside the intimacy and outside the grace for life change. The psalmist predicts the life changing consequences of the decision to walk with the Lord. Truth, honesty and generosity are virtues of the committed which are supported by an intimate relationship with the Divine