The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Twenty-first Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 26 August 2022 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 ><]]]'> + ><]]]'> + ><]]]'> Matthew 25:1-13
Praise and glory to you, God our Father for this weekend; we have passed a week of many discomforts from the opening of classes, followed by a strong typhoon, a weak market and economy marred by all kinds of shortages but, here we are, Lord, still alive, still well amid all the sufferings and trials because of your gift of FAITH.
Thank you, dear God, for this wondrous gift of FAITH brought to us, sustained in us, made beloved in us by your Son Jesus Christ in his Cross.
For Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but for those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.1 Corinthian 1:22-25
Many times, we take our faith for granted without realizing it is one of your most important gifts to us; it is in faith where everything in this life begins: we cannot hope, we cannot love if we do not believe! And this faith as gift has come to us, continues to be poured upon us by its most beautiful sign, the CROSS.
Teach us to be wiser, dear Jesus, like those virgins in your parable, to embrace and love your CROSS; it is not all suffering and pain but gain and addition in life of more wisdom and more power so that we can be more loving and merciful, kind and forgiving, generous and caring in your most Holy Name. Amen.
