The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday in the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 05 November 2024
Philippians 2:5-11 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Luke 14:15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came,he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is ready.’ But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves” (Luke 14:15-18).
Forgive us,
Lord Jesus Christ for
our endless excuses
and countless alibis in not
answering your calls nor
accepting your invitations;
we make so many excuses
and alibis, citing various reasons
because we cannot be sincere
enough to tell you we have other
plans, we follow other gods,
we believe and trust others than
you, Lord.
What a shame at times,
dear Jesus when our
excuses and alibis
do not even hold nor could
stand tests and yet,
you accept them
so that we would not be put
to shame;
forgive us, Jesus,
when our perception
and understanding of your
kingdom is something of going up,
of being on high as we it in the world
so magnified by social media these days;
open our eyes
and our hearts to see
that your path has always been to
go down,
to be little,
to be humble
which is the way of Kenosis,
of self-emptying.
Amen.
Brothers and sisters: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself… (Philippians 2:5-7).
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