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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 07 February 2024 1 Kings 10:1-10 <*((((>< + ><))))*> + <*((((>< + ><))))*> Mark 7:14-23
I wonder, God our dear Father, what did the Queen of Sheba ask King Solomon when she visited him that she was so convinced that indeed he was a man of great wisdom? Did she ask Solomon of the Big Bang Theory and everything before history? The evolution of humans and theodicy? Or, did she ask him if the world was flat or round? The scriptures tell us nothing except that...
When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon’s great wisdom, the palace he had built, the food at his table, the seating of his ministers, the attendance and garb of his waiters, his banquet service, and the burnt offerings he offered in the temple of the Lord, she was breathless.
1 Kings 10:4-5
You are a God of order and balance, of fairness and justice, of beauty and majesty, O Lord; these are the attributes of a magnificent palace, of exquisite cuisine, of men and women of great bearing as guests and servants that the Queen of Sheba had noticed that impressed her so much of Solomon's wisdom. Most of all, the spiritual maturity of Solomon that in his worship, the Queen of Sheba was so impressed and left breathless!
Therefore, what made Solomon so wise, what is true wisdom? It is this, O Lord which we also pray you grant us to be like King Solomon: perfect our faith in you, most loving God, that we may learn to value those things we believe through faith, starting with you in Christ Jesus right here in our hearts; let your grace and wisdom O Lord flow out like streams from our heart, out to our mouth and into our arms and limbs, into our whole person in loving service to others. Amen.
