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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the First Week of Advent, 06 December 2024 Isaiah 29:17-24 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 9:27-31
Forgive me, most merciful Father, when disappointments and hurts deep within me lead me to doubt you, your love and concern for me; this season of Advent, grant me the grace to be more daring in being open to you, Lord, believing and trusting you especially your words:
Thus says the Lord God: but a very little while, and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard, and the orchard be regarded as a forest! On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a brook; and out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. The lowly will ever find joy in the Lord, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:17-19).
Reawaken that gift of hope in Jesus Christ who had come, would come again at the end of time, and continues to come daily in life I always miss as I have stopped daring to be open to you, Lord; grant me the same courage and boldness of those two blind men in today's gospel, so daring in following and insisting to Jesus to heal them; only you, Jesus, has the power to heal, to change and transform each one of us but so often, the pains and darkness we go through life make us balk even mistrust you that we no longer come to you unlike the two blind men, ironically; please, make me dare to open myself to you again Lord this Advent and hereafter. Amen.
