Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 17 July 2025
Thursday, Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
Exodus 3:13-20 <*(((>< + ><)))*> Matthew 11:28-30
Today, I tried going back
to your presence, Lord;
I tried feeling your sacred
ground again;
there was no burning bush
to see but I felt my heart
burning inside as I dwelled
on your name:
God replied, “I am who am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: I Am sent me to you.” God spoke further to Moses, “This is my name forever; this is my title for all generations” (Exodus 3:14-15).
Unlike our name,
your name "I AM",
Lord is most unique -
right away when I say
your name, I feel you!
Your name is more than a name
for it is YOU yourself - so deep,
so true, so powerful that you envelop
me in your person; when I think of
your name "I AM", I am already
dissolved and overwhelmed!
Moreover,
your "I AM" is exactly
what I feel,
and realize,
and experience
in Christ calling us:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
Today I come to you,
Jesus with all my burdens
and worries,
pains and hurts,
sickness and
sufferings;
you are I AM, Lord -
heed our cries like in Egypt:
the crime and corruption
so rampant,
the selfishness and pride
of everyone,
the sin and evil that stink,
a kind of darkness lurking
everywhere;
yes, there are modern Pharaohs
lording over us today
but most of all too,
it is us who lord over
our lives most of the time;
bring us back to the burning bush
so we may take off our
sandals because the whole
earth is yours which we have
usurped and destroyed;
let us feel you again, "I AM"
all around,
all encompassing;
let us enter you, Lord,
to experience your abundance
of love and mercy,
warmth and light,
life and new hope;
let us rest in you, Lord
like in Eden when you alone
is God.
Not us.
Amen.
Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City
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