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The Lord Is My Chef daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 06 October 2023 Baruch 1:15-22 <*((((>< +++ ><))))*> Luke 10:13-16
Of course, dear God, you never get angry with us nor with any one for you are love and kindness yourself, so rich in mercy and forgiveness.
What truly happens, O Father, is that when we finally become aware of our sinfulness, of the evils we have done repeatedly, shamelessly despite your goodness, we become angry with ourselves because that is when we realize all the bad things happening to us are the results of our turning away from you, from your words, from your precepts.
And the evils and the curse which the Lord enjoined upon Moses, his servant, at the time he led our ancestors forth from the land of Egypt to give us the land flowing with milk and honey, cling to us even today. For we did not heed the voice of the Lord, our God, in all the words of the prophets who he sent us, but each one of us went off after the devices of our own wicked hearts, served other gods, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, our God.
Baruch 1:20-22
Grant us, merciful Lord, the grace of a sense of sinfulness because the more we are aware of our sinfulness, the more we get closer to you; when we acknowledge our sins, that is when we admit there is a gap between us and among us we need to close and make whole anew; open our eyes, our hearts, our souls to your truth and presence, Lord Jesus; let us not be blind to your coming to free us from the bondage of sins that have made us more angry than ever with ourselves and with others; let us not be complacent, Jesus with all the blessings you have poured upon us so we may change and be converted. Indeed, the motto of the Carthusians, an order founded by St. Bruno whose memorial we celebrate today is so true: "while the world changes, the cross stands firm." Like St. Bruno and the Carthusians, may we strive "to seek God assiduously, to find God promptly, and to possess God fully." Amen.
