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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
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.
