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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, 07 July 2023 Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 ><]]]'> + <'[[[>< Matthew 9:9-13
O God our Father, your words today are so beautiful and amazing, proving to us how you move in so mysterious ways!
Open our eyes and our hearts to your movements, Lord, like Abraham and his steward: make us trust in your ways and instructions, to be patient and persevering in your actions even if it could take time and would even involve long distances to cover.
“Never take my son back there for any reason,” Abraham told him. “The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my kin, and who confirmed by oath the promise he made to me… he will send his messenger before you, and you will obtain a wife for my son there.”
Genesis 24:6-7
Grant us the wisdom and prudence, O God, to balance and find your holy will and presence especially in this age of relativism at one end and fundamentalism at the other extreme; let us heed your Son Jesus Christ's instruction, "Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners" (Mt. 9:13).
In everything, may we bring your soothing balm of solace and comfort among those suffering and lost for meaning in life like Matthew, especially those grieving like Isaac over the death his mother Sarah. Amen.
