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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 17 August 2026 Ezekiel 24:15-23 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 19:16-22
Your words today, O Lord are so touching that reaches deep down my inmost being; both readings speak about losing: Ezekiel's wife died while the young man in the gospel asked "what do I still lack?"
Both readings are so timely for us these days when we have so much of every thing except of you, O Lord; we rarely ask "what do I still lack" in its truest sense - of learning to let go of what we have in order to have the most essential. Often, we think of having what we still lack in order to have more of every thing; but you teach us today, Jesus, what we really lack is you through others; what we really lack are the poor and the sick, those who have less in life; what we really lack still is life eternal, of having you O Lord as basis and foundation of our relationships.
In this time when rains continue to pour for the third straight week, the more we are concerned of what material things we still lack and forget about the warmth and smiles of others so disadvantaged due to floods and lack of work; teach us, Jesus, to be like Ezekiel in the first reading to see and realize that the most painful loss in this life is not losing a loved one nor wealth and things but in losing our souls to sin and evil. Amen.
