The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, Year I, 17 February 2025 Genesis 4:1-15, 25 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 8:11-13
How interesting are your words today, O God our loving Father, of how Cain like the Pharisees came to Abel to "discuss" about something as a pretext before killing him; the Pharisees went to Jesus to argue with him and asked him for a sign from heaven to test him.
How funny and insane, dear Father, how much time we spend just to discuss and argue things about you and your ways, asking for many signs just for us to believe you; how unfortunate, our quest for signs has often led us to sin, to more divisions and separations, more lies and more hate because we have too much self.
Forgive us, Father. Teach us to offer you a sacrifice of praise as the psalmist sings today by "doing well, holding up our heads" (Genesis 4:7) giving our best to listen to you, to seek you, and follow you. Amen.
