Do you ever feel like your relationship with God was deeper or more vibrant in the past? Do you ever wish you could return to that kind of closeness? What if God wants this too?

The words from Revelation today are not easy to hear. They describe a faith that has become stagnant, a faith that is no longer passionate. Slowly, the people of Laodicea have attached onto the things of life and drifted away from Jesus. Yet, the passage does not end there. In a remarkable change of tone, Jesus suddenly approaches directly; he comes to their door and knocks. If they open the door, he will gladly come in and eat with them.

It is never too late to turn to God. The story of Zacchaeus proclaims that no matter what wrongs we may have committed in the past, as long as we are sorry and willing to change, we can be reconciled with Jesus. He yearns for us to eat with him, to be near. The sacrament of reconciliation is an especially graced way of letting go of what holds us back. It is a way of saying 'yes' to this closeness.

What is one thing in my life that puts distance between Jesus and I? If Jesus were to knock on my door today, what would I say to him?