Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, First Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 16 January 2026
1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 2:1-12
Today we thank you,
dear God our Father
for those people
you have sent to
to carry us through
our darkest and trying
moments in life
to find you,
to be near you,
to rise again
like those men
in the gospel today.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven” (Mark 2:3-5).
Thank you, Father
in sending people who
never gave up on us,
who still believed in us,
who hoped and had faith
for us when we have totally
given up in life that is why
Jesus Christ's first words
to the paralytic were
"your sins are forgiven."
May we who have been
brought closer to you,
Jesus by those kind of people
be persistent too in bringing
others who are lost closest
to you.
Likewise,
forgive us Father
for those many occasions
we have become so insistent
with our desires and plans
that we have become unreasonable
in our devotion and "panata",
hurting others in the process
without realizing it is actually
a turning away from you
like the people who insisted in
being given with a king to rule
over them.
Amen.
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