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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companion Martyrs, 24 November 2025 Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Luke 21:1-4
Lord Jesus Christ, give me a new perspective today on this final stretch of November and of our liturgical calendar; let me see this too familiar scene with you at the temple with new eyes:
When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood” (Luke 21:1-4).
Every day, dear Jesus I witness a similar scene but never bothered myself to search for you, to find you there, also sitting, looking, observing how we put our offerings not only to the treasury but to each day; teach me to suspend every judgment so I may see truly the poor and the rich among us; open my eyes and let me move away from everything familiar to converse and share moments with that woman, perhaps share a meal with her and ask her, "why give all those two small coins?" I feel you, Lord speaking also to me: teach me to be content and grateful with whatever I have like that poor widow; teach me to believe more, to trust more in you; most of all, teach me to have less for myself, less of myself in order to have more of you. Amen.
