Receiving God’s gifts

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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 19 July 2023
Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12   <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*>   Matthew 11:25-27

Praise and glory to you,
God our loving Father!
You are so "kind and merciful
for you pardon all our sins,
heals all our ills;
you redeem us 
from destruction,
and crowns us with 
kindness and compassion"
(Psalms 103:3-4).

Therefore, I pray, O God
for each day that I may
always receive and cherish
your gifts, recognize your love
for me despite and in spite
of my sinfulness and weaknesses
like Moses whom you have called
after he had fled Egypt for a crime; 
let me have that same sense of wonder
 and curiosity in finding you,
in hearing you, in following you;
the whole earth indeed is sacred,
belonging to you, O Lord;
let me take off my shoes,
walk barefooted to feel your presence
 and answer your call to send me
to those crying for your help,
for those numb in experiencing
your presence and coming.

Let me be like children
open and trusting to your
revelations found in the simplest 
and most ordinary things in life
unlike the learned who overthink,
holding on to their
beliefs and convictions,
without any room for surprises,
seeking certainties, solving
the unsolvable mysteries
in life long revealed 
in Jesus Christ your Son
and our Lord.
Amen.