Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 10 June 2026
1 Kings 18:20-39     ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'>     Matthew 5:17-19

Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place (Matthew 5:17-18).

How funny it is, 
O god our loving Father
long before all these gadgets
came with its many apps
needing constant updates,
we have always been seeking
"updates" on your laws too:
your people turned away from you
during the time of Elijah to follow
Baal, a sort of "updating" themselves
of the latest trends in life courtesy of
the pagan queen, Jezebel.

And when her priests of Baal lost
to the challenge of Elijah whose 
God can start fire on the offerings,
the people fell and said, 
"The Lord is God! 
The Lord is God!"

Everyday we repeat that sin:
we turn away from you to
follow modern trends and beliefs
but when troubles come, 
we then find your laws and teachings 
are indeed true and valid at all times;
most of all,
that salvation comes only
from you in Jesus Christ
your Son our Lord.

Forgive us, Lord,
in turning away from you,
in allowing ourselves to be
deceived and misled by modern
thoughts and ways of the world
that come to us like updates in
that fix bugs in our gadgets
and apps; you sent your Son
Jesus Christ not to update us
on your laws but to fulfill them
because they are perfect.
Let that sink in us today:
God fulfills laws into love,
man updates programs and
apps to fix errors
and shortcomings.
Amen.