Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 21 July 2025 Monday in the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I Exodus 14:5-18 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 12:38-42
It is a rainy, gloomy Monday, God our Father; like your people who have left Egypt led by Moses, suddenly we are again facing life's realities of work and struggles, of health and sickness, of challenges and problems bigger than us.
Pharaoh was already near when the children of Israel looked up and saw that the Egyptians were on the march in pursuit of them. In great fright they cried out to the Lord. And they complained to Moses, “Were there no burial places in Egypt that you had to bring us out here to die in the desert? Why did you do this to us? Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Did we not tell you this in Egypt, when we said, ‘Leave us alone. Let us serve the Egyptians? Far better for us to be the slaves of Egyptians than to die in the desert.’” But Moses answered, “Fear not! Stand your ground, and you will see the victory the Lord will win for you today… The Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still” (Exodus 14:10-14).
Keep me still, Lord; let me stand my ground in you before my adversaries - primarily my self when I doubt you, when I lose hope, when I am disillusioned, when I am afraid, when I complain a lot when the realities of life start to kick in making me realize of your invitation and calls for me to welcome you into my life, to believe you, to trust you.
O dear Jesus, many times in the wilderness of this life I waste precious time and efforts like the Pharisees asking you for signs when each day, each waking from sleep is like me being a Jonah coming out alive from the belly of the whale; help me live your paschal mystery, Jesus, one day at a time. Amen. Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Our Lady of Fatima University Valenzuela City
