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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday, Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 16 October 2026 Ephesians 1:11-14 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Luke 12:1-7
What's happening in the world, Lord where everyone seems to thrive in chaos? Trash talks like cussings, making fun of other people's disabilities, smart shaming and body shaming are so glorified and imitated especially in social media; many have no more sense of shame at all, stretching their rights without any regard for their responsibilities nor rights of others that we are like in that gospel scene today:
At that time, so many people were crowding together that they were trampling one another underfoot. Jesus began to speak, first to his disciples, “Beware of the leaven – that is, hypocrisy – of the Pharisees (Luke 12:1).
Are we not like those people crowding together, already trampling just to hear you speak, Jesus?
Give us the wisdom, awaken us from our glorification of everything that is crass and low, giving only emphasis on the body forgetting about the soul, its dignity and value along with virtues: "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more" (Luke 12:4).
Let us see St. Paul's alternative vision for the world in which God's plan is to restore all things in you, Christ; let us see more the love and mercy you have lavished upon us when you suffered and died on the Cross to save us, rising from the dead on the third day to reconcile us to the Father and with everyone; how consoling that we are not our own, that despite the chaos and darkness all over us these days, "In Christ we were also chosen, destined in accord with purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will... were sealed with the Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 1:11, 13).
How lovely are these words, Lord! May we be like St. Paul in proclaiming to this sick and dark world that there is an alternative, better vision of the world from the Father in Christ Jesus. Give us the courage to work on this, to cooperate with your grace in showing the world life is so beautiful! Amen.
