Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 19 August 2025
Tuesday, Memorial of St. Ezechiel Moreno, Bishop
Judges 6:11-24 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Matthew 19:23-30
God our loving Father,
today I feel like Gideon:
in our beautiful story today
of your call for him to be a judge
of your people,
you have taught me
that discipleship is not
about work like
an apprenticeship
but a relationship
because a disciple's
first task is to love you,
O Lord, our Master
that is why despite the
great dangers during his time,
Gideon continued to work
even in hiding from their enemies
because he believed in you,
he trusted you,
he loved you.
Discipleship is relationship
because it is more of
looking at you,
Lord Almighty
the Caller,
the Believer,
and the Sender
of my poor me!
Discipleship is not
about me that is why,
after that meeting with
Gideon, he built an altar
to you and called it
Yahweh-shalom.
Gideon, now aware that it had been the angel of the Lord, said, “Alas, Lord God, that I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!” The Lord answered Gideon, “Be calm, do not fear. You shall not die.” So Gideon built there an altar to the Lord and called it Yahweh-shalom (Judges 6:22-23).
Shalom is peace
and you are our peace,
our total well-being
O God
that can only come
from a relationship
with you,
in you;
this is what your Son
our Lord Jesus Christ
tells us today through Peter,
of the need to leave everything
and everyone in order to have you.
Calm me,
Lord,
like Gideon
for only one thing is
necessary: that we remain
in you who is our peace
so that even there are
turmoils in our ministry,
we continue
because of our relationship
than of work.
Amen.
Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City
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