Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday, Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 04 September 2026 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 5:33-39
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Your words remain, Lord Jesus through St. Paul from the other day calling us "God's co-worker" (1 Corinthian 3:9) and now as "stewards of the mysteries of God" (1 Corinthian 4:1).
Keep me reliable and conscientious of these tasks not primarily as a work but a commitment to your call for us to be faithful; like St. Paul and your apostles, Lord, we have many critics that many times we run into misunderstanding and opposition; if their points are valid, keep us humble to change our ways and if our consciences are clear in doing your work, all the more you keep us humble for only you can truly and fairly judge us; keep us grounded in you always, Jesus, doing our best, putting on new wines into new wineskins! Amen.
Photo by a friend from Swan Island Dahlia Farm, Canby, Oregon, 29 August 2026.
The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, Priest, 23 October 2024 Ephesians 3:2-12 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 12:39-48
Photo by author, Pampanga, September 2024.
Lord Jesus, many times I find myself like Peter asking You so often with his same question especially when things get so difficult, so trying:
Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?” And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so” (Luke 12:41-42).
Forgive me, Jesus, when there are times I exclude myself from the rest, when I exempt myself from your teachings, when I unconsciously demand from You some perks and privileges for following You; let me be your faithful servant who takes care of others even if my other fellow servants are remiss of their responsibilities or worst when those You have entrusted with authority forget to be humble, throwing their weight around us, insisting on their powers.
Give me the grace, Jesus, to imitate St. Paul of ably dispensing God's grace and mystery of salvation to everyone despite the many hurts and pains that often come with it. Amen.
The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 06 September 2024 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 5:33-39
Photo by author, 15 August 2024.
Thank you, our loving Father for another week about to close; thank you dear God for this first Friday in September 2024: despite the rains and the floods and the inconveniences these have brought, thank you for a new beginning today. Let us celebrate this gift of life you have given us by putting on a new attitude, a new disposition, a new outlook in life for you have made everything new in Jesus Christ.
And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be pured into fresh wineskins” (Luke 5:36-38).
Make us your trustworthy stewards of your mysteries, Lord; make us truly your servants who shall reveal your many mysteries of life and death, of joy and sufferings, of poverty and wealth, of fruitfulness and fulfillment, of redemption and forgiveness be known in our life of witnessing without any regard for fame nor popularity except that we do your work in Jesus faithfully. Amen.
The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday, Memorial of Sts. Timothy & Titus, Bishops, 26 January 2024 Titus 1:1-8 <*(((>< + ><)))*> + <*(((>< + ><)))*> Luke 10:1-9
Photo by Ms. Jo Villafuerte in Atok, Benguet 2022.
How lovely to celebrate a day after the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Memorial of his two co-workers in you, O Lord Jesus Christ: St. Timothy and St. Titus.
First of all, a reminder to us all that your work, Lord, never stops after us; it is our responsibility to ensure those after us shall continue your work of witnessing the Gospel, making you present in the world, and tending your beautiful garden of the faithful. After all, we are like St. Titus, "a child in common faith" of our parents, teachers and catechists, pastors, brothers and sisters, friends and everyone who made you Jesus known to us in word and in deed.
For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you.
Titus 1:5
We praise and thank you, dear Jesus for the trust in calling us to be your co-workers; remind us always to never forget the vineyard. the garden, the flock, the Church is not ours but yours; we are mere stewards like St. Paul and his co-workers St. Titus and St. Timothy.
Inspire us dear Jesus to imitate St. Titus who worked to reconcile the people of Crete with their founder St. Paul; let us be bridges of peoples, promoting peace and unity, not creating cults around us consciously or unconsciously like many of your pastors these days.
Let us keep in mind like St. Titus and St. Timothy that we we simply do your work in the way you want it be done. Amen.
The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time, 19 October 2022
Ephesians 3:2-12 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Luke 12:39-48
Photo by author, 2021.
Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”
Luke 12:41
Teach me, Lord Jesus,
to be your "faithful and prudent
steward" like St. Paul, "the very
least" of your Apostles you have
called to preach to the Gentiles
your "inscrutable riches" (Eph.3:8);
forgive me, Lord, when many times
in life I take exceptions from your
teachings and instructions,
having that feeling of entitlement
and even privilege.
Help me realize, dear Jesus,
this wonderful gift you have
given each one of us of being
called to reveal and make known
to everyone your mystery of
love and mercy, kindness and
compassion; deepen our faith
in proclaiming your good news
of salvation to all so that like
St. Paul, we may "have
the boldness of speech
and confidence of access
through faith" in you.
Amen.
The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Twenty-second Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 September 2022
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 ><]]]]'> +++ <'[[[[>< Luke 5:33-39
Photo by author, Pater Noster Church outside Jerusalem, May 2019.
Dearest Lord Jesus Christ:
today I pray for my critics,
the well-meaning among them
who truly think of my growth
and maturity in you as your servant
and steward; likewise, I pray for
all the other critics who have
nothing else to do but criticize
me.
Praise and glory to you, Lord Jesus
that in the end, it is you who shall judge
me and everybody else, not our critics;
like Paul in today's first reading, I admit
my many shortcomings to you and your
people as your servant and steward;
grant me the grace to be more trustworthy
by being more loving and understanding,
kind and caring, merciful and forgiving
but at the same time firm with what is
true and good in you.
People will always have something to say
about me and everyone, some may be
true, some may be false and even fake
but like the admonition of Paul, let no one
among us pass judgment on anyone;
keep us open, Jesus, to the leading of
the Holy Spirit; make us always like
the new wine skins always flexible,
adjusting to new situations, to every
possibilities of your presence and coming.
Amen.
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