The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday in the Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 07 August 2023 Numbers 11:4-15 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 14:13-21
God our loving Father, today I feel so much your servant Moses in the first reading, of how your people endlessly complained and whined to him, even blamed him, for all their hardships and difficulties in the wilderness; of how people could be so inconsiderate many times that after helping them from their miseries and freeing them from their bondage, they still have the guts to speak harshly. How ungrateful and frustrating indeed, Lord!
“Why do you treat your servant so badly?” Moses asked the Lord. “Why are you so displeased with me that you burden me with all these people? I cannot carry all this people by myself, for they are too heavy for me. If this is the way you will deal with me, then please do me the favor of killing me at once, so that I need no longer face this distress.”
Numbers 11:11, 14-15
Our Father in heaven, this prayer is for those at the receiving end with so much complaints despite all their efforts at serving them like Moses; let them complain to you, let them air their gripes, let them pour out their anger to you; most of all, hear them and comfort them; bless them with courage and assurance they are not alone, that Jesus is with them who simply took every pain especially the news of John the Baptist's death; most of all, keep their hearts open to the people suffering, and yes, always complaining because if ever we feel like Moses, may we realize too the great honor and privilege of doing your work here on earth. Amen.
