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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, First Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 14 January 2026 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 <'[[[[>< + ><]]]]'> Mark 1:29-39
How lovely are your words today, Lord Jesus Christ, the Word who became flesh and dwelled among us!
Thank you very much in sharing with us the power of your words; in fact, we are the only ones with whom you have gifted with this power; the world and everything in it was created simply by God speaking the words that came to exist.
Teach us, Jesus the value of listening to you, letting you speak first so that like Samuel, you may "not permit any word we speak to be without effect" (1 Samuel 3:19); may we truly share in your prophetic ministry by "enfleshing" the words we speak by walking our talk; likewise, heal us, dear Jesus of our many infirmities and sickness due to sins and evil that make us speak too much that instead of building up others we destroy one another; like those demons you drove out from the sick you have cured in today's gospel, keep our mouths shut, "do not permit us to speak" (Mark 1:34) when not necessary. Amen.
