Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday, Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 September 2026
1 Corinthians 3:1-9     <*((((><  +  ><))))*>     Luke 4:38-44

Your words today,
O Lord,
are so edifying
despite the many turmoil
within and among us:
"For we are God's co-workers;
you are God's field,
God's building"
(1 Corinthians 3:9).

In this season of calamities
and devastations around
us not just due to natural
causes but worsened by our
irresponsibility and corruption
among officials in government,
it is a timely reminder that
we are yours,
totally yours, Lord,
as God's field 
and building;
in times of trials
and difficulties,
the task is for us to
return to you,
find your will and
plans for us
so we may work together
to rebuild our lives and
whatever is left behind
by the floods and other
calamities.

Grant us the courage
and wisdom to admit our 
own faults and shortcomings,
to be open to welcome Christ
like Simon Peter and people of
Nazareth so that their sick may
be prayed over and healed;
help us to not allow Satan
to speak among us and sow
hatred and disunity
in this critical time
when we must rise again
to follow Jesus more closely
than ever to make us fertile
and fruitful as a field,
stable and rooted as 
a building.
Amen.