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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, 24 January 2023 Hebrews 10:1-10 ><]]]]'> + <'[[[[>< - ><]]]]'> + <'[[[[>< Mark 3:31-35
God our loving Father, help us grow from being your shadows into your image and icon among peoples; thank you for sending us your Son Jesus Christ who came to do your will of offering his very self as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins so that in the process, we too may learn to offer ourselves to you, surrender ourselves wholly to you like Jesus to become your mirror.
Brothers and sisters: Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of them, it can never make perfect those those who come to worship by the same sacrifices that they offer continually each year. Then he (Jesus) says, Behold, I come to do your will. He takes away the first to establish the second. By this “will,” we have been consecrated through the offering of the Body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:1, 9-10
There are times, dear Jesus, that I listen and speak of your words, very much "inside" with you in the church, in our community, among our family and friends; but sadly, Lord, I am so far from doing the will of the Father after listening and preaching your words. Teach me to be like your Mother, Mary: though she was "outside" that house where you were staying teaching the people gathered around you, she was very much "inside", in you in her total identification with you and your mission until the end. Enable me, Jesus, like St. Francis de Sales who used to have a fiery temper and problem in handling his anger to surrender myself to you, to make the Father's will my own, experience liberation from sin and sanctification in your Spirit to become united as one in the Father, his mirror and image. Amen.
