21,096 total reads
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 10 June 2026 1 Kings 18:20-39 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place (Matthew 5:17-18).
How funny it is, O god our loving Father long before all these gadgets came with its many apps needing constant updates, we have always been seeking "updates" on your laws too: your people turned away from you during the time of Elijah to follow Baal, a sort of "updating" themselves of the latest trends in life courtesy of the pagan queen, Jezebel. And when her priests of Baal lost to the challenge of Elijah whose God can start fire on the offerings, the people fell and said, "The Lord is God! The Lord is God!"
Everyday we repeat that sin: we turn away from you to follow modern trends and beliefs but when troubles come, we then find your laws and teachings are indeed true and valid at all times; most of all, that salvation comes only from you in Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Forgive us, Lord, in turning away from you, in allowing ourselves to be deceived and misled by modern thoughts and ways of the world that come to us like updates in that fix bugs in our gadgets and apps; you sent your Son Jesus Christ not to update us on your laws but to fulfill them because they are perfect. Let that sink in us today: God fulfills laws into love, man updates programs and apps to fix errors and shortcomings. Amen.
