The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Memorial of Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin & Doctor of Church, 01 October 2024
Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 <*[[[[>< +. ><]]]]*> Luke 9:51-56
Thank you,
dear God our loving Father
for the month of October!
Most of all,
thank you for sending us
Jesus Christ your Son
and thus "opened your Kingdom
to those who are humble
and to little ones" like
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
whose memorial we celebrate
today.
Lead us to follow
trustingly in the little way
of St. Therese
of the Child Jesus
especially in bearing patiently
filled with hope life's
many sufferings like Job.
Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. Job spoke out and said: Why is light given to the toilers, and life to the bitter in spirit? they wait for death and it comes not; they search for it rather than for hidden treasures, Rejoice in it exultingly, and are glad when they reache the grave: Those whose path is hidden from them, and whom God has hemmed in! (Job 3:1-2, 20-23)
Fill us too
with true hope,
dear Jesus like You,
Job and St. Therese,
a hope that trusts in God
even if things are sure
to get worst,
even end in death;
like You, Jesus,
may we resolutely
determine to journey to
Jerusalem even when
we know it could lead
to our passion and death;
help us live in hope
like St. Therese
that despite her sickness,
she did everything filled with
love for the Church missionaries;
may our pains in life
like St. Therese and Job
have both experienced
help us understand
the pain of others
so that we may bring healing
compassion to their situation;
make us realize that
a world totally free of pain
can actually become a place
of total selfishness
and self-indulgence
because it is through
pains we truly love and hope
and become holy and saint.
Amen.
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