Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year I, 18 June 2025
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 ><}}}*> + ><}}}*> + ><}}}*> Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
What will it take
for me to be a cheerful giver,
Lord?
Maybe, first I must have that
complete trust in you,
Jesus Christ;
no one can be generous
unless one trusts completely
God the source and giver
of all good things in life.
Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingl, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Moreover, God is able to make very grace abndant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work (2 Corinthians 9:6-8).
St. Paul's words in
today's first reading echoed
your teachings, Jesus
in today's gospel,
of the need to do everything
from the heart,
not to please others,
but God alone;
to do anything from the heart
calls
demands
trust!
I have been through
moments of abundance
when sometimes I was generous
and sometimes not generous at all,
when giving was "costly" despite
still having a lot for myself.
Why?
It was not really of the abundance
that I have in my hands that make
me generous, Jesus
but the abundance of faith and
trust I have in you in my heart;
teach me, Jesus
to be more trusting
in you
in order to be more loving
so that I may be generous,
whatever I may have in my hands,
whether I have less or more.
Amen.
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