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The Lord Is My Chef Breakfast Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Week XVII, Year I in Ordinary Time, 27 July 2021
Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28 ><]]]]'>><]]]]'>><]]]]'> Matthew 13:36-43

As Moses entered the tent,
the column of cloud would come down
and stand at its entrance while the Lord
spoke with Moses.
The Lord used to speak to Moses
face to face, as one man speaks to another.
(Exodus 33:9, 11)

God our Father,
you never fail to surprise us;
thank you very much for 
our first ever Olympic gold
last night after another usual
frustrating afternoon at the SONA.

Hidilyn's record-breaking
performance last night 
at the Tokyo Olympics
tells us the same thing 
when Moses would enter
your tent to converse with you:

Nothing can replace
hard work and discipline;
there can be no substitute 
to sound mind and sound body
in order to achieve every goal
that we set in life and in public.

He said in reply,
"He who sows good seed
is the Son of Man,
the field is the world,
the good seed are 
the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children
of the Evil One,
and the enemy who sows them
is the devil.  The harvest
is the end of the age, and 
the harvesters are angels."
(Matthew 13:37-39)

Give us the discipline
and perseverance, Lord Jesus
to always enter your presence
in prayer like Moses inside the tent
at the wilderness meeting God,
face to face, to face and fight evil.

Let us desire more silent moments
with the you, O Lord in order to
listen more to your words
that are not only transformative
but most of all, performative
in keeping us steadfast with your laws against sin.

We pray, O God
for our decision-makers and leaders,
for us all to always seek your will
by entering your presence in silent prayers
so we may hear clearly your words
and see your face.  Amen.

It has been raining for a week, loving God and Father. Farmers and sowers must be so delighted to come out in the fields to sow their seeds while we stay home trying to keep ourselves dry and warm. Help us to make room for you, dear Father, to open up ourselves to the seeds of your presence that come to us daily in your words in the Sacred Scriptures. Let us be like the fertile soil in the parable by Jesus "who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold." (Matthew 13:23)

Your seed is always good springing into life wherever it falls for you alone, O God, is good! How lovely it is to imagine that all Ten Commandments sprang up from just one seed that is YOU, dear Father - You are the seed we always reject when You are the seed we all need. Whenever we choose to commit sin, we take on other strange gods and idols besides You that we worship and follow. May we open ourselves to You, God welcoming you like a seed into our little room so we may find home in You when it blooms. Amen.

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Entering the presence of God

Making room for God, finding our home in God