November 22 - Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.10:8-11; Ps.119:14,24,72,103,111,131; Lk.19:45-48) “I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for your commands.” In our first reading, John is told to “take the open scroll from the hand of the angel” and to “eat it.” In his mouth “it tasted as sweet as honey.” And now he who has eaten of the blessed word of God “must prophesy,” must speak the words upon the scroll, despite the sour stomach, the persecutions, it will inevitably bring. In our gospel we hear that “the entire populace was listening to [Jesus] and hanging on His words” as He taught daily in the temple. The Lord has cleansed the…
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