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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, 30 July 2024 Jeremiah 14:17-22 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 13:36-43
How fitting are your words today, O God our merciful Father, that it is the same thing we feel in the midst of that irreverent show in Paris: "Let my eyes stream with tears day and night, without rest, over the great destruction which overwhelms the virgin daughter of my people, over her incurable wound" (Jeremiah 14:17).
Have mercy on us, Lord. Like in the time of Jeremiah your prophet, people refused to hear your words spoken through him; people had all the excuses and alibis for their evil deeds; most of all, believed so much on themselves forgetting You were simply merciful and forgiving, allowing the weeds to thrive among the wheat.
Let us continue to listen to your words, to do your will despite what others supposed to be intellectual and cultured would say; let us not be faithful hearers only but most of all faithful doers of your words too. Let us be reminded always by the words of St. Peter Chrysologus whose memorial we celebrate today: "If you jest with the devil, you cannot rejoice with Christ." Amen.
