liberalism

The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin & Doctor of the Church, 15 October 2024
Galatians 5:1-6 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Luke 11:37-41

*Photo by author, somewhere in Pampanga, August 2024.*

What a wonderful Saint 
You have gifted us today,
dear Jesus in St. Teresa of Avila;
what a wonderful saint
we need so much these days 
to guide us in your Church,
one who has "faith working 
through love" (Galatians 5:6).

In this time when people
laugh at our traditions of old,
when liberalism is so adored,
modern thoughts highly praised
and so embraced that many of us
are so concerned in "cleansing the outside
of the cup and dish while inside us are
filled with plunder and evil" and pride,
so highly speaking of freedom, inclusivity
and sensitivity that in the process
we forget You, Jesus;
like St. Teresa of Avila,
lead us back to our faith
working through love that seeks
You in deep prayer by detaching
ourselves from the trappings of
this modern world like social media's
very alluring style of story-telling
that's empty inside because
of all outside as "palabas" -
one big show,
a circus.

We pray to You, Jesus,
through St. Teresa of Avila
for the grace of a contemplative spirit
in a world so active that frees us
from the slavery of one's own passions
and fantasies so that we can be
more free to become a loving person
who sees You in others we must serve.
Amen.

*Photo by author, 21 August 2024, St. Scholastica Spirituality Center, Tagaytay City.*

The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 August 2024
Jeremiah 26:1-9 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Matthew 13:54-58

Omit nothing? What a tall order from You, God our Father; and You know how much I have tried to omit nothing of your words when I spoke: always, I am the first to be shaken and affected! Many times, people do not see nor realize that when we speak your words, omitting nothing, we are always the first to be affected because your words cleanse and purify us, committing us more to You and your mission; therefore, help us to "enflesh" your words always in our witnessing and omit nothing as You wished.

In this time when people
clearly omit many of your
very words like "male and female
You created them" as well as teachings,
making gender more of a preference
than of nature and part of your grand design,
grant us more perseverance and charity
when we speak and omit nothing
of your words and teachings
deemed by wokes and liberals
as not being cultured and inclusive;
let us remember that even Jesus
your Son was reviled and crucified
not only then but until now
by those who consider themselves
as learned and politically correct,
refusing to accept
your words and teachings
and very Self.
Amen.

Tag: liberalism

Faith working through love

Omit nothing