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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Souyl by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year I, 25 February 2025 Sirach 2:1-11 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Mark 9:30-37
Praise and glory to you, God our Father for the gift of EDSA People Power Revolution that peacefully ended this day 39 years ago; your words in today's first reading are so true:
Compassionate and merciful is the Lord; he forgives sins, he saves in time of trouble and he is a protector to all who seek him in truth (Sirach 2:11).
But what happened after 1986 at EDSA? We have forgotten, Father everything! We have turned away from you, refusing to stand for justice, evading trials and difficulties; we have become impatient in times of "crushing misfortune"; worst of all, we have stopped trusting you unlike those five days of EDSA.
How sad in the years that followed after 1986, we "argued" along the way like your disciples on "who is the greatest among us" until the unexpected happened when a monster came to power calling you "stupid" as he spewed indecencies and murder from his mouth until suddenly, the ones we kicked out are back, now denigrating the significance of EDSA 1986.
Help us learn anew the lessons of EDSA 1986; let us return to you and continue the revolution in our hearts; like the psalmist in today's responsorial psalm, may we "commit our lives to you, Lord" for you will surely help us like in EDSA 1986. Amen.
