The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday, Memorial, St. Francis Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, 24 January 2024
2 Samuel 7:4-17 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 4:1-20
Lord Jesus Christ,
as you narrated to us today
the parable of the sower,
I wonder what were the other
seeds you have sowed
aside from your word?
On another occasion, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them, “Hear this! A sower went out to sow.”
Mark 4:1-3
We are not just the different
kinds of soil where your seeds
fell, Lord Jesus;
like you, may we also be
sowers of your word and teachings,
sowers of your love and mercy,
sowers of compassion and kindness,
sowers of your light and life,
sowers of your hope and healing,
sowers of your very presence.
When God told David not to build
him a temple as he promised to raise
a house for him from whom
shall come the Christ,
that was when the Father also
sowed the seeds of redemption
and fulfillment in you,
Lord Jesus!
On this feast of St. Francis Sales,
patron of Catholic journalists and
media practitioners,
we pray for all communicators
to sow unity and peace,
not division
nor misunderstanding,
nor animosities;
we pray for all journalists
of different platforms
to sow understanding
and clarity,
to sow justice and equality
among peoples,
and to sow respect for life
at all times because every
communication must promote
first of all the dignity
of every person.
Amen.
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