The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Souyl by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year I, 25 February 2025
Sirach 2:1-11 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Mark 9:30-37
Praise and glory to you,
God our Father
for the gift of EDSA People Power
Revolution that peacefully
ended this day 39 years ago;
your words in today's first reading
are so true:
Compassionate and merciful is the Lord; he forgives sins, he saves in time of trouble and he is a protector to all who seek him in truth (Sirach 2:11).
But what happened after 1986
at EDSA?
We have forgotten, Father
everything!
We have turned away from you,
refusing to stand for justice,
evading trials and difficulties;
we have become impatient in times
of "crushing misfortune";
worst of all,
we have stopped trusting you
unlike those five days of EDSA.
How sad in the years
that followed after 1986,
we "argued" along the way
like your disciples on "who is
the greatest among us" until
the unexpected happened
when a monster came to power
calling you "stupid" as he spewed
indecencies and murder from his mouth
until suddenly,
the ones we kicked out
are back,
now denigrating the significance
of EDSA 1986.
Help us learn anew
the lessons of EDSA 1986;
let us return to you
and continue the revolution
in our hearts;
like the psalmist
in today's responsorial psalm,
may we "commit our lives
to you, Lord"
for you will surely
help us
like in EDSA 1986.
Amen.
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