Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 06 July 2026
Hosea 2:16,17-18, 21-22 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 9:18-26
So many things are happening
in your gospel passage today,
Lord Jesus, involving three key
persons you have healed with
crowds at the background;
what I like most,
dear Jesus
are the gestures involved:
the official came forward
and knelt before you
and you rose
and followed him;
the sick woman
came up behind you
and touched your cloak
you turned around
to declare her
her faith had saved her;
in the official's home,
you drove away the crowd
making a commotion,
then you came to take
his daughter's hand
laying dead on her bed
and she was brought back to life.
How amazing
Lord Jesus
that you never fail
to respond positively
to our human gestures
of coming forward to you,
of coming behind you,
and being still before you;
in you, Jesus,
our human gestures
have become so divine,
the ordinary
so sublime
like the sharing of meal
in your name.
While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples. A woman suffering hemorrhages for twleve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.” Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, “Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.” And from that hour the woman was cured. When Jesus arrived at the official’s house house and … When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by hand, and the little girl arose (Matthew 9:18-21, 25).
Bless us,
Lord Jesus,
to follow you in
the desert of emptiness
to be able to listen to you
and most especially respond
to you "in right and justice,
in love and mercy,
in fidelity" (Hosea 2:16, 21)
that we may remain
in your loving
relationship
always.
Amen.
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