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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest, 14 July 2026 Isaiah 7:1-9 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Matthew 11:20-24
I feel hurt, ashamed, and very sad with today's gospel, Lord Jesus when you said:
Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes” (Matthew 11:20-21).
I feel hurt, ashamed, and sad Lord because I could feel you still lamenting these days: we have been so numb and callous, indifferent or cynical, or miserably ungrateful in recognizing your love and mercy, kindness and generosity for all the blessings your pour upon us through our parents and siblings and family, teachers and classmates, and everybody around us; even the hardships and trials that have come our way you have used for our own good, by which we have grown and matured.
How sad indeed that we have failed to recognize and meet you, Jesus in your coming to us with all your blessings in our lives; instead, we complain and focus more on what we do not have than on what we have.
Grant us the grace of gratitude, Jesus: to see our own limitations that we have to look up to you always and trust you, to find you among the sick and lowly like St. Camillus; grant us also the grace to desire to begin anew, to find you in our lives, to go back to you, to thank you, to follow you, to love you. Amen.
