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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Thirty-Second Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 08 November 2022 Titus 2:1-8, 11-14 ><]]]'> + <'[[[>< === ><]]]'> + <'[[[>< Luke 17:7-10
Lord Jesus Christ, as we approach the end of the year before we get carried away with the excitement of your birthday that is Christmas, help me focus on you more earnestly these days. Do not let me be complacent.
Jesus said to the Apostles: “Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table?’ When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
Luke 17:7, 10
Forgive me, Jesus when there are times I feel so entitled to you after I have done your assigned task and mission; let me keep in my mind always that more than fulfilling the will of the Father, what matters most is our relationship with God. Do not let me be complacent in being good, in being faithful, in being a good example to others as St. Paul instructed Titus to remind everyone, both the elder men and women, and younger men and women too!
For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:11-14
Keep me temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love and endurance, showing myself as a model of good deeds in every respect, with integrity in teaching, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be criticized. Amen.
