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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the First Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 10 January 2023 Hebrews 2:5-12 ><000'> + ><000'> + ><000'> Mark 1:21-28
Today we begin the Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar; please do not let us be misled, O God our Father, taking these days for granted, of thinking ordinary as bland, or usual or nothing special; make us realize that ordinary means something about order, of being orderly, of being the rule and ordo.
Make us see like the psalmist the beauty of what is ordinary: "O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is your name over all the earth! What is man that you should be mindful of him, or the son of man that you should care for him? You have made him little less than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him rule over the works of your hands, putting all things under his feet" (Responsorial Psalm 8:2, 5, 6-7).
Our loving God, you have made Jesus your Son and our Lord so ordinary like us to be one with us in our sufferings and pains, even death, so that in his resurrection we may share in his extraordinary glory; Jesus is able to help us because he has become ordinary like us that is why, let us embrace wholeheartedly our humanity including our frailty to be one in Jesus.
Cleanse us, dear Jesus, of our impurities, of our sins, of our narrow-mindedness and biases that make us resist your holiness found in ordinariness like that unclean spirit possessing a man in the synagogue; let us not stop in just admiring, of being astonished with your words and works and wonders; let us submit ourselves to your authority, Lord Jesus, beginning with the most ordinary things in life like listening and putting into practice your words and teachings so we may experience your extraordinary healing and presence. Amen.
