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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 27 October 2023
Romans 7:18-25 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Luke 12:54-59
God our loving Father, help us to live spiritually in this material world, to live always rooted in you, our life and our being; like St. Paul, we find ourselves always in the same dilemma, "For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want" (Romans 7:19). So true are the words of the wise that "we are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience" for you have made us for you and eternity, O God, not for this world that is temporary and passing; Jesus Christ came to show us and make us experience this reality of our spiritual being and yet, we keep on insisting on mastering the material world, destroying its unity in you, separating everything and dividing our hearts within. Let us take your side, O Lord, send us the Holy Spirit to enlighten our minds and our hearts to discern your holy will always; may we learn to be silent and still, to trust in you, to feel you in ourselves and in others so we may live spiritually and meaningfully. Amen.
