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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 20 June 2023 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 5:43-48
How deep are your mysteries, O Lord Jesus Christ, so irresistibly true but at the same time daring and challenging for us who are focused on what we have without realizing everything comes from you.
Many times, dear Lord, we are like the Corinthians rich in so many things yet not convinced we are so blessed that we are also afraid of losing whatever we have; make us emulate the solicitude of the Macedonians in sharing their treasures with the needy churches even if they were less affluent than the Corinthians; make us realize that true wealth is freedom from our possessions, of being free for sharing our gifts and talents and treasures.
Help us realize, Jesus, that true excellence in faith is expressed in charity, in oneness with those in need.
Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also. I say this not by way of command, but to test the genuineness of your love by your concern for others. For you know the gracious act act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
2 Corinthians 8:7-9
Teach us to immerse ourselves to your mystery of self-denial and self-sacrifice, to your process of being perfect like the Father in heaven. Amen.
