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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Second Week of Advent, 09 December 2022 Isaiah 48:17-19 ><000'> + ><000'> + ><000'> Matthew 11:16-19
Slowly as we get closer into December, the noise and diversions from the preparations of Advent are getting louder, getting stronger and more bold than ever; all the techniques to lure us into the pomp and pageantry that have nothing to do with the Christ's coming are employed to the fullest as we unwittingly follow the tide.
Give us the courage, Lord Jesus, to stop, to tell ourselves we have had enough of all these materialism and consumerism of the worldly concept of your birth; let us be firm in retreating, in withdrawing back into ourselves, into you in prayers and silence in order to listen to your voice, to your call and directions, most of all, to listen to your coming.
Let us hearken to your commandments, let us listen and hear you once more, Lord, by totally accepting and assimilating your words into our lives in silence so we may closely follow you as your works vindicate your wisdom. Amen.
