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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Second Week of Advent, 06 December 2022 Isaiah 40:1-11 ><000'> + ><000'> + ><000'> Matthew 18:12-14
Comfort food Comfort zone Comfort room! How funny these days things and ideas are supposed to comfort us but in reality do not. Thank you very much, dearest God our Father, for this gift of the Advent Season when you truly comfort us again.
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins. A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Isaiah 40:1-3
Like your words yesterday, today's prophecy by Isaiah are very comforting: to comfort, from the words "cum" and "fortis" that mean "with strength" means exactly that - give strength, make strong again! Nothing can truly give us strength no one can truly give us comfort except you, our loving Father, who "had expiated all our sins" and "given us double for all our sins" in the coming of Jesus Christ, our Good Shepherd.
Make us realize, Father, that nothing and no one can truly comfort us in the truest sense - soothe and heal our pains, allow us to cry and be our true selves, most of all, give us strength to go on with life again amid all the pains and sorrows except Jesus Christ. Let us be like Jesus the Good Shepherd to others in pain due to sickness and hurts in life, giving them comfort, by helping them find direction and meaning in life, joy and peace, someone to listen to them and be a companion in this life journey and most of all, find you again in themselves, in their giftedness as persons to be renewed and be strong again. Amen.
