The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, Memorial of Sts. Cyril (Monk) & Methodius (Bishop), 14 February 2025
Genesis 3:1-8 ><0000'> + ><0000'> + ><0000'> Mark 7:31-37
On this most joyous day
when most hearts has only
one thing to say,
I pray dear Lord Jesus Christ
that I remain and stay
at your side,
never to hide
because of shame
and sin.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked… When they heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord god among the trees of the garden (Genesis 3:7, 8).
How times have changed,
Lord, when in the garden at Eden
the man and his wife sinned,
they hid whereas today
no one is ashamed anymore
of their nakedness;
what a shame that today,
we don't hide in shame
instead flaunt our nakedness
for everyone to be convinced
we are clean,
we are right,
we have not sinned.
Heal our deafness,
Jesus;
take us off away from others
to be with yourself
like that deaf mute,
put your fingers into our ears,
pierce our hearts,
touch our souls
for us to see our
indifference to sin
and evil
and shout your words
"Ephphatha"
that we may be opened
anew to the sad realities
of our nakedness
we ironically use
to cover
our sins.
Amen.
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