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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Ninth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 04 June 2024 2 Peter 3:12-15, 17-18 <*((((><< + >><))))*> Mark 12:13-17
Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability.
2 Peter 3:17
Your words of caution through St. Peter are so timely, Lord Jesus in this time of discussions and debate on the proposed law on divorce; how sad there are some supposed to be learned and knowledgeable, seemingly stable in their positions as teachers and educators and journalists calling for more openness in the discussions of moral and social issues are the ones who are really closed to their own thoughts and ideas they have labeled as progressive and liberal, insisting their own interpretations of Scriptures and moral laws; what is most sad, even deplorable at times, is when they cite so many thinkers without even citing You, dear Jesus regarding Your own words and teachings that are clearly against divorce.
Forgive us, Jesus, when we look so highly of ourselves, believing so much to whatever we know like those Pharisees and Herodians who banded together to test You; keep us humble, Lord with whatever sense of stability we feel we have or know; let us grow in grace by constantly affirming that feeling and experience of being loved by God and most of all, to grow in Your knowledge which is to grow in a deeper and personal relationship with You. dear Jesus. Lord Jesus, let us not only fall from our own stability but most of all. may we not mislead others to joining us in our follies. Amen.
