The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday in the Third Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 23 January 2024
2 Samuel 6:12-15, 17-19 <'[[[[>< + ><]]]]'> Mark 3:31-35
How timely are your
words today, O God,
for us always checking
on what is trending
and viral,
on who's in,
and who's out:
The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.” And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
Mark 3:31-32, 34-35
Remind us,
dear Jesus that being in
and being out with you
is not physical nor spatial
but spiritual in nature;
even with one another!
How sad
many of us these days
are preoccupied in being in,
being hip,
being included
and accepted
for the sake of status
and fame;
being in
being out
is being close,
being far
from the beloved's heart.
Help us,
dear God to imitate
King David
though he was inside
the circle of those
carrying your ark
to Jerusalem,
his heart, his mind,
his very self was in you
totally!
Amen.
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