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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Seventeenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 August 2024
Jeremiah 26:1-9 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Matthew 13:54-58
Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the house of the Lord and speak to the people… whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing (Jeremiah 26:2).
Omit nothing? What a tall order from You, God our Father; and You know how much I have tried to omit nothing of your words when I spoke: always, I am the first to be shaken and affected! Many times, people do not see nor realize that when we speak your words, omitting nothing, we are always the first to be affected because your words cleanse and purify us, committing us more to You and your mission; therefore, help us to "enflesh" your words always in our witnessing and omit nothing as You wished.
In this time when people clearly omit many of your very words like "male and female You created them" as well as teachings, making gender more of a preference than of nature and part of your grand design, grant us more perseverance and charity when we speak and omit nothing of your words and teachings deemed by wokes and liberals as not being cultured and inclusive; let us remember that even Jesus your Son was reviled and crucified not only then but until now by those who consider themselves as learned and politically correct, refusing to accept your words and teachings and very Self. Amen.
