Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Thursday, Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 12 February 2026 1 Kings 11:4-13 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Mark 7:24-30
Lord Jesus Christ, help me find my way back home to you again; I am like King Solomon at this stage: lost and empty, confused despite being wise in world's standards; like Solomon, I have been ruled by my emotions and many other considerations as I rationalise everything that have all led me to sin and bad behavior; grant me O Lord Jesus that wisdom found in your way of the Cross where truth and goodness reign.
Lord Jesus Christ, grant me humility that leads to intimacy in you wherein I find my true place in life and in society like that Syrophoenician woman who begged you to heal her daughter; what a beautiful image of your love for us, finding us, going where we are; how blessed are we like that pagan woman who recognized you, Jesus, passing through a foreign land!
Help us regain the wisdom of Solomon of knowing and doing what is true and good while remaining humble and sincere like the Syrophoenician woman. Amen.
