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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday in the Thirty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I, 27 November 2023 Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 ><}}}}*> + ><}}}}*> + ><}}}}*> Luke 21:1-4
Praise and glory to you, our loving Father! Thank you in bringing us closer to you in Jesus everyday especially in this final stretch of our church calendar as we come to prepare for Christmas soon.
But, rather than focusing on the outside appearances and material inclinations of our Christmas feelings, teach us to empty ourselves to be filled by you in Jesus Christ!
Let us be poor, O God! Let us embrace poverty and simplicity to experience you, your coming, your presence in Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Let us treasure poverty for it is our true wealth in this life like that “poor old widow” who gave everything she had into the temple collection box; let us realize that it is in poverty that we find true wisdom and strength like what Daniel and his companions have taught the chief chamberlain of King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 1:11-20).
Let us be poor, O God, like Jesus Christ to find power and strength in weakness, glory and honor in humility, and life in death. Amen.
