Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, 08 June 2026
1 Kings 17:1-6 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Matthew 5:1-12
Today we begin to listen anew
to your wonderful story of love for
your people Israel during the time
of your great prophet Elijah,
during the reign of your unfaithful King Ahab
who married the pagan Jezebel;
on this gloomy Monday,
the setting is so unsettling even
for us as you pronounced a severe
drought over Israel for turning away
from you, in worshipping Baal.
God, our Father,
it is a story we keep on repeating:
we have so many baals these days -
from gadgets to every kind of foreign beliefs
to celebrities and people we idolize
down to our very selves with ego
so bloated by social media;
forgive us for turning away from you.
Many times,
when troubles happen,
we easily blame you, Lord
for being too far from us
when in fact we are the ones
who always turn away from you.
Make these drought
and dryness in our lives as grace-filled
moments; lead us back to you
even if we have to go through a desert
like Elijah; most of all, lead us back
to your word like a stream quenching
our thirst, washing away our dirt,
filling us with life.
Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the god of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word” (1 Kings 17:1).
Let us re + member you always,
Lord:
inasmuch as you have made us back
as your part in Christ Jesus,
let us not forget to make you
a part also of our lives;
give us the "be attitude"
to be poor and open
for you, Lord
so that we may find life
and fulfillment anew.
Let us be near to you
again, Lord.
Amen.
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