Kindness of God

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 01 July 2025
Tuesday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Genesis 19:15-29     ><)))*> + ><)))*> + ><)))*>     Matthew 8:23-27

Praise and glory to you,
God our loving Father for
this brand new month of July,
for the blessed first half of 2025!
You have been most kind to us
this year with so much grace 
poured on us despite our being
undeserving while at the same time,
so merciful to have spared us from
many troubles we truly deserved
for our sins.

That is why, Father, 
I hate seeing those prayers
and wishes of many 
saying at the start of each month
to please be more kind to us;
you have always been kind and
generous more than enough to us
especially in giving us your Son Jesus
who have enabled us to cross many seas
and lands in this journey of life;
many times, there are storms in life
that we get so afraid like in the gospel
today....

Many times we feel 
so caught in the middle of a
"violent storm on the sea" of life
where we are "swamped by waves",
so terrified,
so lost,
feeling alone when deep in our hearts
Jesus is with us,
probably "sleeping".

Then in the nick of time,
he comes, rebuking the winds
and the sea when great calm
follows just like what the angels
did to Lot and his wife when you
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
in the frist reading.

Lord Jesus,
give me that gift of a sense
of "dead calm" in you;
to be at peace and still
in you while in the midst of
a great storm when I feel
like being flattened by waves;
let me seek your peace
and kindness amidst the
the cries and shouts
when I feel like sinking,
of perishing.

This brand new month of July,
I know you will fill me again with
your blessings;
let it be enough
for me to forge on
in this remaining six months
of the year,
to continue crossing
life's many seas
to bring you,
to share you,
and simply be with you.
Amen.

Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City