The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday in the Sixth Week of Easter Season, 06 May 2024
Acts 16:11-15 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> John 15:26-16:4
Today Lord Jesus
I pray in the most special way
all the women of the world,
especially the women most
dearest to me like my mother
who brought me forth in this world,
who taught me about You and
how to pray, my sisters and
girl friends who have guided me
and opened my mind,
heart and soul to the many
wonderful things about life
and living!
On the sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river where we thought there would be a place of prayer. We sat and spoke with the women who had gathered there. One of them, a woman named Lydia… a worshiper of God, listened and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying.h
Acts 16:13-14
How lovely to be reminded
today in our first reading that
like during Your time, Lord,
when women were some of the
first to help You in Your ministry,
it was also the women
who made the great impact in the
growth of the early Church
which continues to this day with
majority of the church-goers
are women, most of our volunteer
catechists and servants in the
parish are also women
while the mothers remain
as primary evangelizers
in this modern age
that tries so hard
to remove God from
life's picture.
How sad,
dear Jesus,
that until now,
it is still the women
who are on the distaff
side of life, whether at home
or school or office,
even in the Church!
Bless the women of the world, Lord Jesus, especially those neglected and taken for granted especially by their own family; bless and set free those women held captive by the systematic crimes and oppression still going on against them like human trafficking; heal those women suffering not only in body but also in heart, mind and soul; touch the hearts and lighten the load of women crying in silence for the many pains they endure.
Thank You, dear Jesus for the gift of women who so often disguise as our Holy Spirit, the Advocate pointing us to the right directions and decisions in life; keep them safe always in Your loving arms, assure them of Your presence. Amen.
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