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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Twenty-first Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 01 September 2023 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 <'[[[[>< + ><]]]]'> Matthew 25:1-13
Thank you very much, God our loving Father for this brand new month of September; everybody is so happy because it is the start of the "-ber" months leading to your Son's birthday in December; please, dear God, forgive us for this kind of thinking, of being focused with outside things, of everything "palabas" with nothing inside, "paloob" nothing substantial.
As we begin the month of September which the Holy Father has declared as World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, may we heed the calls of St. Paul to "conduct ourselves to please you, God, and do so even more" (1 Thess. 4:1)!
Yes, dear God, you did not call us to impurity but to holiness (1 Thess. 4:7); help us realize that holiness is not being sinless but being filled with your Spirit, of finding you in every person and in your creation so that we care for them all! Holiness is being caring, holiness is being loving, holiness is being wise, always choosing You, always choosing what is good. Amen.
