Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday in the Second Week of Advent, 09 December 2025
Isaiah 40:1-11 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Matthew 18:12-14
Today you ask me
Lord Jesus something so
ordinary yet so profound:
"What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep
and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine
in the hills and go in search of
the stray?" (Matthew 18:12)
So many times
dear Jesus I feel like you,
the Good Shepherd:
I feel uneasy the moment
one of my sheep or anything
or anyone is missing,
is lost,
is nowhere to be found;
there is that sense of
emptiness,
of incompleteness,
of lacking when someone
or something is missing
and like you,
I would leave everything
just to find that one missing!
In my opinion,
as you ask me now, Lord Jesus,
I feel you coming,
I feel you searching me
the moment I am lost,
or simply feeling distant
and unsure of the path
and direction to take in life,
or sometimes feeling scattered;
Advent is God not waiting for us
to go back but you coming to
find us!
“And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost” (Matthew 18:13-14).
Advent is you,
Lord Jesus coming
and looking for us;
on this Tuesday in the
Second Week of Advent,
I pray dear Jesus for those
who feel a part of them is
lost or missing;
help us find our way back
home to you;
let us not stray further
away but finally
follow you back
in our selfish
and closed self.
Amen.
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