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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday, Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 30 January 2026 2 Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 4:26-34
Thank you Lord Jesus for the Friday break, the penultimate day of this month of January 2026; it was a heavy week and a very long month for most of us we thought would never end.
We are thankful Lord today because we are still with you with many of us struggling in our prayer lives, persevering in being good and everything like being king and understanding and forgiving; indeed, like your parable today, everything good begins so small like the seed scattered in the field that sprout and grow while the farmer sleeps and rises night and day without really knowing how; but that is how it is also with sin and evil that always begins so small, so subtle like in the experience of David in the first reading: he had been complacent in his life falling into temptations of lust that led into murder.
Dear Jesus, remind us always to never take little things for granted - whether small deeds that lead to holiness or small sins that may leave us stuck in a moment we can't get out of according to Bono of U2:
You've got to get yourself together You've got stuck in a moment And now you can't get out of it Don't say that later will be better Now you're stuck in a moment And you can't get out of it
We pray, Lord Jesus for those feeling stuck in a moment or a sin or a vice or a relationship that they can't get out of; give them the courage to quit and return to you, even little by little. Amen.
*I know what you are thinking but this is a good piece from U2's 2000 album "All That You Can't Leave Behind"... it might help you pray better.
