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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 04 February 2026 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 6:1-6
God our loving and merciful Father: teach us today to have the courage and most of all the maturity not only to say sorry when we have sinned and erred but most especially to admit and own our sins and mistakes like King David in today's first reading.
When David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the Lord: “It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong. But these are sheep; what have they done? Punish me and my kindred” (2 Samuel 24:17).
Teach us to grow in Jesus, dear Father because for as long as we are blinded by our greatness we measure in our stature and income, accomplishments and accolades, we shall always be like King David in the first reading believing only in our selves, hiding in so many ways like census the subtle arrogance that rules our lives, forgetting or disregarding your grace and mercy in our achievements in life that when things go wrong, we blame others and point fingers at everyone except our selves.
Let us be true and sincere dear Jesus today to find where we put our security in our day to day living so that we may also find where you, O God, sad to say, "fit" into our lives due to our lack of faith in you. Amen.
