The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday in the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 26 September 2024
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 9:7-9
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 9).
How lovely are your words today,
God our Father:
"All things are vanity",
a mist,
a dew,
or breath
that vanish quickly,
no permanence,
and no real value at all
but because of You,
everything got meaning,
got value
especially in the coming
of Jesus Christ your Son,
our Lord and Savior.
You are no longer far from us,
dear God;
in Jesus Christ,
You have been among us,
most of all within us;
yet, many of us
could not find you
nor experience you.
Like Herod the tetrarch,
so many of us have heard
a lot about you, O God,
in Jesus Christ
but are still perplexed,
refusing to believe,
refusing to recognize,
refusing to accept
especially His Cross.
Bless us, dear Jesus,
especially those who keep
on trying to see you
but could not find you
because to see you
O Lord is to forget
one's self,
take up one's cross,
and follow You.
Amen.
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