Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 23 September 2025
Tuesday, Memorial of St. Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Luke 8:19-21
How amusing are
the settings of your
words today,
God our loving Father!
In the first reading
is the story of the
rebuilding of your home,
your temple in Jerusalem,
of your people's homecoming
in you while in the gospel
is the striking story of
our Lord Jesus Christ's
Mother standing outside
the house where he was
preaching.
They completed this house on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. The children of Israel – priests, Levites, and the other returned exiles – celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy (Ezra 6:15-16).
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it” (Luke 8:19-21).
How lovely,
dear Jesus
that in Hebrew
the first letter
in the word "God"
resembles a house,
or a door because
you, O Lord,
is our home,
our house;
like our home,
it is more than
walls and beams
but of relationships,
of love and kindness
that make each one of us
your indwelling.
Bless our homes,
bless our families
with your presence
always, Lord.
Through the intercession
of St. Padre Pio,
help us heed his words:
"Always be united
in the Faith
and try to be
a family according
to the heart of God."
Amen.
St. Padre Pio,
Pray for us!
Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City
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