Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Matthew 9:32-38
Daily scene of commuters in Metro Manila; photo by Veejay Villafranca/Bloomberg via Getty Images, 2024.
Your words today, O Lord are very inspiring and challenging, inviting me to get involved with those in the margins, with those suffering, for those "troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matthew 9:36).
Give me the wisdom and charity to be involved with the voiceless in your holy name, Jesus, for the sake of your Kingdom and not for any self-interests like those in Israel in the first reading who "appointed kings without God's approval, making idols out of their gold and silver, making altars that became occasions for their sins" (Hosea 8:4, 11).
Grant me courage, Jesus to get involved with your poor little ones who sometimes would even reject our efforts but most especially when others brand us as rebels, as diabolic.
But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the prince of demons” (Matthew 9:34).
Teach me, Jesus, the proper way to respond to your invitation to get involved with the poor and suffering, that I may grow in love and compassion for those in need. Amen.
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 06 July 2026 Hosea 2:16,17-18, 21-22 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 9:18-26
Photo by Mr. Vigie Ongleo somewhere in Colorado, 03 June 2026.
So many things are happening in your gospel passage today, Lord Jesus, involving three key persons you have healed with crowds at the background; what I like most, dear Jesus are the gestures involved:
the official came forward and knelt before you and you rose and followed him;
the sick woman came up behind you and touched your cloak you turned around to declare her her faith had saved her;
in the official's home, you drove away the crowd making a commotion, then you came to take his daughter's hand laying dead on her bed and she was brought back to life.
How amazing Lord Jesus that you never fail to respond positively to our human gestures of coming forward to you, of coming behind you, and being still before you; in you, Jesus, our human gestures have become so divine, the ordinary so sublime like the sharing of meal in your name.
While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples. A woman suffering hemorrhages for twleve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.” Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, “Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.” And from that hour the woman was cured. When Jesus arrived at the official’s house house and … When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by hand, and the little girl arose (Matthew 9:18-21, 25).
Bless us, Lord Jesus, to follow you in the desert of emptiness to be able to listen to you and most especially respond to you "in right and justice, in love and mercy, in fidelity" (Hosea 2:16, 21) that we may remain in your loving relationship always. Amen.
Photo by author, St. Michael Retreat House, Antipolo City, 16 June 2026.
Lord My Chef Sunday Music by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II, 05 July 2026 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
Photo by Ms. Marivic Tribiana on Facebook, 17 April 2020 following fire in Tondo,Manila.
Our gospel this Sunday is short but one of the most loved words by our Lord Jesus Christ often quoted even in some popular songs and music: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).
Everyday Jesus calls us to come to him, to learn from him, to experience lightness in life not heaviness of compulsion and duty as most people would think of his demands. However, it is not a kind of R&R we all aspire every weekend at the beach or a mountain resort. Christ calls us today to come to him and learn from him on how to have a steady, realistic, day-to-day approach to life lived in his company, lived in love for one another as brother and sister (https://lordmychef.com/2026/07/04/learning-from-jesus-2/).
And that is why we remembered and chose this beautiful song from 1969 by The Hollies, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.”
...The road is long With many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where, who knows where But I'm strong Strong enough to carry him He ain't heavy, he's my brother
… So on we go His welfare is of my concern No burden is he to bear We'll get there
… For I know He would not encumber me He ain't heavy, he's my brother
Most captivating with this song is its opening music of a harmonica that stirs ones soul superbly balanced with a bass guitar that perfectly filled the rhythm and melody until Allan Clarke burst with the opening lines that give you a picture right away of the song meaning – love for one another as brothers and sisters.
Composed by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell who was then dying of lymphoma cancer, the song was recorder earlier by another American artist; The Hollies’ guitarist Tony Hicks heard it while searching for songs to record for their group. Hicks found the demo tape of Scott and Russell too slow, asked permission to make it a little upbeat by adding an orchestra with the young Elton John playing the piano. It became an instant hit both in Britain and the US, spawning other versions until now.
More than its beautiful music and lyrics, the ballad is so appealing because of its message of love. It is interesting to know that the phrase “he ain’t heavy, he is my brother” is the motto of the Boys Town children’s home founded in 1917 by Fr. Edward Flanagan in Omaha, Nebraska. The following year, Fr. Flanagan saw a boy carrying up a set of stairs another resident stricken with polio, wearing braces; Fr. Flanagan asked the boy if it was heavy and was told, “he ain’t heavy, Father; he is my brother.” The phrase got stuck and became the motto of Boys Town that inspired this beautiful song. (Pope Leo XIV recently declared Fr. Flanagan “Venerable” as his cause for beatification moves closer to realization.)
In today’s gospel, this is precisely the yoke Jesus is telling us that is his, light and easy: love. Everything becomes light when seen and done in love, with love. Without love, everything becomes heavy due to sadness; hence, the need for more love as the last three stanzas tell us with the long road ahead filled with more pains and sufferings.
… If I'm laden at all I'm laden with sadness That everyone's heart Isn't filled with the gladness Of love for one another
… It's a long, long road From which there is no return While we're on the way to there Why not share?
… And the load Doesn't weigh me down at all He ain't heavy, he's my brother
… He's my brother He ain't heavy, he's my brother He ain't heavy, he's my brother
Amen. May you have a lighter week in Christ this week with this music.
Lord My Chef Sunday Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-A, 05 July 2026 Zechariah 9:9-10 ><}}}}*> Romans 8:9, 11-13 ><}}}}*> Matthew 11:25-30
Photo by author, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, QC, 20 March 2024.
What a refreshing gospel we have today with Jesus asking us to come to him to find rest, four weeks after being moved with pity at the sight of the crowd who were like sheep without a shepherd that he called and sent his Twelve Apostles to bring them his good news of salvation (June 14).
The following two Sundays he taught us of our work in harvesting the abundant harvest by being brave and gracious, and hospitable (June 21, 28).
This Sunday, Jesus wraps up his teachings on our work after he himself was rejected by his own folks because he knows very well ours is a difficult mission (June 21) as he praised the little ones who have accepted him like the poor and marginalized.
At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones… Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:25, 28-30).
Photo by author, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, QC, 20 March 2024.
What are the lessons Jesus is asking us to learn from him, especially in these troubled times of ours when the corrupt and idiots reign supremely simply because they are more in number?
See how difficult it is to be a Christian these days when you hear and see all over social media all kinds of inanities and stupidities happening everywhere like callous politicians acting as clowns with a massive crowd of idiots parroting the words of their cult leaders masquerading as religious men. Or the two couples who climbed atop the Empire State Building in New York for a performance of unfurling a banner calling for more love in the world, with the man pretending to propose to the woman who turned out to be his wife for several months already.
From #philstar via FB, 02 July 2026.
Haynaku! Juice colored!
Everything is so exhausting. The only good news we have these days is again our very own Alex Eala “smoking” the grass at Wimbledon. And perhaps the President going to Vancouver to inaugurate the newest Jollibee there with the Canadian Prime Minster enjoying a more joyful chicken joy. Sanaol!
But, amid all these dismal happenings, Jesus is here with us calling us to his side, to experience his warmth, to learn from him how we can feel light amid all these heavy burdens around us.
Notice how with the social media all over us with its bad news that it has become so easy to feel lumbered with all the contradictions in our lives plus see the various needs we feel missing in our relationships that it has become our past time to worry and feel so burdened most of the time.
Jesus promises us this Sunday that following him brings lightness not heaviness of compulsion and duty as most people would think of his demands. However, it is not a kind of R&R we all aspire every weekend at the beach or a mountain resort.
Christ calls us today to come to him and learn from him on how to have a steady, realistic, day-to-day approach to life lived in his company.
First lesson Jesus is teaching us to learn from him today is to rejoice always.
Photo by author, St. Michael Retreat House, Antipolo City, 16 June 2026.
Being joyful is more than being happy; to rejoice is to have our heart smiling because deep down inside we are assured that no matter what happens in life, even if worse comes to worst, Jesus remains with us and would never ever abandon us. That’s because he is not like a stern master without any love and concern for his slaves.
Jesus is the fulfillment of the first reading calling us to rejoice because he is the king who had come, “a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass” (Zec.9:9).
Recall Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday riding an ass so that he could be at eye-level with everyone in the city unlike riding a horse that is so high and even menacing in stature.
Imagine the setting of this Sunday gospel: Jesus was lamenting at how his fellow Jews have rejected him despite his many miracles but at the same time, he was rejoicing, praising the Father in sending him the poor and outcasts of their society as his first believers and followers. Yes, Jesus was hurting for being rejected but he found more reasons to rejoice than sulk. Why waste energy on the negative when there are a lot of good things happening?
Rejoicing means looking beyond the physical and temporal things; rejoicing is being a visionary who sees opportunities behind every problem and issues at hand. Rejoicing is seeing grace than curse, focusing more on Christ than the problems. Indeed,“every gising is a blessing” because every morning we wake up, God assures us of his immense love for us, that he believes in us, and is sending us on a mission to share that joy of living. And believing in him!
Photo by author, July 2011.
Second lesson Jesus is teaching us to learn from him this Sunday is to surrender, to set aside our personal agenda so that we can take up his yoke that is easy and burden that is light.
One reason we cannot rejoice is our refusal to give up our many yokes and burdens that are mostly much ado about nothing at all.
Let go and let God!
Surrendering is daily dying to one’s self to rise to new life in Christ which leads us to the third lesson Jesus wants us to learn from him this Sunday:
Live in solidarity with Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit as St. Paul tells us in the second reading.
Brothers and sisters: You are not in the flesh; on the contrary you are in the spiritr, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Consequently, brothers and sisters, we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to flesh. For if you ive according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live (Romans 8:9, 12-13).
Solidarity with Christ is the opposite of solidarity with the old humanity with Adam enslaved to sin which is not just body versus soul nor should flesh be understood as sexual immorality; solidarity with Christ is life in the Holy Spirit that results in eternal life in God. It is a choice we make daily, of whether we shall heed Christ’s call to come to him and learn from him who is meek and humble of heart. Solidarity with Christ is living in the love of Christ.
The good news is, Jesus gives us all the grace we need to love and choose him, to learn from him even if many times we fall and stumble because of our heavy burdens due to sin. This Sunday and every day, make the right choice. Choose Jesus, chose love to be light, choose life. Amen. Have a blessed, light and joyful week ahead.
Photo by Mr. Vigie Ongleo somewhere in Colorado, 03 June 2026.
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Friday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle, 03 July 2026 Ephesians 2:19-22 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> John 20:24-29
Photo of painting by Caravaggio, “The Incredulity of Thomas” via wikipedia.commons.org.
Thank you, dear Jesus for this first Friday in July 2026, the feast of your Apostle Thomas called Didymus: some say due to his having the twin of faith and doubt but most likely also our very own twin because like him, deep within us are many "dark places" that need to be enlightened by your light.
Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. so the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” Now a week later, disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:24-28)
Every day you also come to us, Lord Jesus amid the many darkness around us, often in our locked doors of doubts and disbelief, cynicism and pessimism, grief and hopelessness; many times we think we infer we rationalize that your Resurrection and presence are just too good to be true!
So many things within us resist a faith too easy to claim or put into effect just to believe you; enlighten the many "dark places" within us that we have become so skeptical these days: our government and church are just like so similarly plagued with corruption and evil that are sadly allowed or tolerated, justice utterly lacking with evil doers seem to be more favored than law-abiding ones with all these persisting because many are oblivious to the darkness and disorder going on.
Where are you, Jesus in all of our mess in life as individuals, as a nation, as a church, as a family that we most often doubt than believe?
Photo by author, St. Michael Retreat House, Antipolo City, 16 June 2026.
Guide my hand,
lead my finger into your
wounds,
dear Jesus
that I may experience
you Risen;
let me experience your
coming and loving presence
amid our darkness
and woundedness;
let me not seek you
Jesus in spectacular things
in feel-good situations
but like Thomas
in touching your wounds
in that dark room
be enlivened with your
inner light of peace
and assurance that
more than your miracle
of rising from the dead
is the reality of living,
of life coming out
from real death.
Grant me that spark of
faith like in Thomas
while touching your wounds,
Lord Jesus
so that a glimmer of hope
within me may finally glow
and grow as I follow you,
my Lord and
my God.
Amen.
Lawiswis ng Salita ni P. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Ika-2 ng Hulyo 2026
Painting ni James Tissot, “The Palsied ManLet Down through the Roof” mula sa brooklynmuseum.org.
Marami na akong napakinggang kuwento kahawig nitong nasa ebanghelyo isang paralitikong nakaratay sa kanyang higaan buhat-buhat ng apat na kaibigan; nakamamangha sinabi at ginawa ni Jesus sa paralitiko lakasan kanyang loob at pinatatawad na kanyang mga kasalanan.
Pagmasdan paanong nadama at natanto ni Jesus bigat na dala-dala ng paralitikong nakaratay sa kanyang higaan buhat naman ng mga kaibigan.
Tayo ang paralitikong pinatawad at pinagaling; nakaratay sa banig, paralisado, hindi makagalaw, nakabilanggo sa maraming takot at pangamba bunsod ng mga nakaraang pagkakasala at pagkakamali; hindi makausad hindi makahakbang pasulong sa buhay, nananatili sa kahapon at madilim na nakaraan kaya hindi mabanaagan liwanag sa kapaligiran sariling kagagawan kanyang pagkaparalisa na sadyang napakabigat kaya kapatawaran sa kanyang kasalanan iginawad at binitiwan ni Jesus.
Kay gandang pagmasdan eksena at larawan kung paanong binakbak ng kanyang mga kaibigan bubong ng bahay upang paralitiko ay maihugos sa tapat ng kinaroonan ni Jesus: isang paghahayag ng katotohanan sa ating mga naparalisa sa hindi mapatawad na kasalanan, hindi malampasang kabiguan at kamalian o kasawian sa nakaraan kinakailangang magpakababa tanggapin kamalian at kasalanan upang maranasan kapatawaran at kapanatilihan ni Jesus na ating Tagapagligtas. (Tingnan Mt.9:1-8; Mk.2:1-12; at Lk.5:17-26)
Illustration from parentandchildbiblereading.com.
Sa kabilang dako naman,
akin din napakinggan
maraming kuwento at hinaing
ng mga katulad nitong
apat na kaibigan
na bumubuhat sa higaan
ng paralitiko:
Katulad nilang apat,
tayo man ay mayroong binubuhat
na paralitiko,
isang pasanin
alagain
at intindihin
kung inyong mamarapatin
at ipagpapaumanhin
ngunit iyon ang masaklap na
katotohanang dapat nating tanggapin
at lunukin;
Diyos ay nagagalak
tiyak nagpapasalamat
sa mga kaibigan
kapatid at kaanak
buhat-buhat paralitikong
nakaratay sa banig
manhid
at walang pakialam
sa pasanin ng mga
nagmamahal sa kanya;
nagagalit,
naiinis,
hindi lang minsan
nakaisip na sumuko
at lisanin,
bitiwan buhat na paralitiko
ngunit pinili pa rin
tiisin
at manatili
sa pasanin
dahil na rin sa busilak
ng kanilang loobin.
“The Paralytic of Capernaum Lowered from the Roof”, a 5th/6th century Mosaic at Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy; from christian.art.
Kung ikaw ang binubuhat na paralitiko, gumising sa katotohanan ikaw ay minamahal at pinahahalagahan huwag na hintayin pamilya at kaibigan ikaw ay tuluyang iwanan!
Kung ikaw ang nagbubuhat sa paralitiko, pagsumakitan mo na kanyang kalagayan mahirap gisingin nagtutulug-tulugan; iyong pagmamalasakit at pagmamahal hindi man kilalanin at suklian sa buhay na ito, hahantong pa rin ito sa iyong kapakanan at kabutihan dahil si Jesus palaging kapiling at kasama natin pinagagaan ating mga pasanin.
“Lumapit kayo sa akin, kayong lahat na napapagal at nabibigatan sa inyong pasanin, at kayo’y pagpapahingahin ko. Pasanin ninyo aking pamatok, at mag-aral kayo sa akin; ako’y maamo at mababang-loob, at makasusumpong kayo ng kapahingahan para sa inyong kaluluwa. Sapagkat maginhawang dalhin ang aking pamatok, at magaan ang pasaning ibibigay ko sa inyo.” (Mt.11:28-30)
Larawan kuha ng may-akda, St. Michael Retreat House, Antipolo City, 16 Hunyo 2026.
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Thursday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 02 July 2026 Amos 7:10-17 ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> Matthew 9:1-8
Illustration from parentandchildbiblereading.com.
Dearest Lord Jesus,
today I pray for the many among us
carrying so much weight on their
shoulders,
those depressed,
those feeling unforgiven
or worthless -
heal them, Lord.
Make them realize there is
always a chance to change for
the better in you.
Clear their minds
and hearts of doubts
and mistrust on others
especially those who genuinely
love and care for them but
they feel are against them.
Like that paralytic,
relieve those still carrying
the burden of past mistakes and sin
that have paralyzed them,
trapped them that they could
not move on with life.
May they have the courage
to stand up
and walk free.
How amazing,
dear Jesus,
that you noticed the man lying
on the mat was the one burdened with
past sins; so lovely to realize how
nothing escapes you, Jesus:
the friends of the paralytic
were the ones carrying,
exerting effort to bring the paralytic
yet you knew for sure it was
actually the paralytic burdened
not his friends.
Likewise,
we pray for the countless
family and friends of those paralytics
overburdened with sin and worries
who patiently carry them;
shower them with blessings in
their perseverance in putting up with
a loved one like that paralytic -
unappreciative of other's care and
concern for them
so that one day,
they may look at their message
of love and understanding
and not see them as enemies.
Amen.
Photo by author, Cabo de Roca, Pundaquit, San Antonio, Zambales, 15 June 2025.
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday in the thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 01 July 2026 Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Matthew 8:28-34
Photo by author, Hidden Valley Springs Resort, Calauan, Laguna, January 2025.
"... then let justice surge like water, and goodness like an unfailing stream." (Amos 5:24)
Your words, O God are so timely: how sad nobody seems to care anymore with each one's welfare; worse of all, even religion is twisted and bent by some to fool a great number of followers so bent on evil too, blinded from truth and justice; when are they going to think of the good of the ordinary folks? when shall they think more of the little ones trying to make ends meet? when shall they care for those looking after their sick family members? when shall they ever start truly worshipping God by seeking him who is all good, not evil?
Lord Jesus Christ, help us to have the same grace and confidence you have in confronting the demoniacs in Gadarenes for there are too many demons these days in our streets like EDSA; they are so violent and insanely volatile, without any sense of sanity and reason at all; like the swineherds in the gospel, they give more importance to "pigs" than to persons, to their cult leaders than to Jesus Christ.
May we always seek you, Jesus in the simplest things and occasions and people so that we avoid evil. Amen.
Photo by author, Hidden Valley Springs Resort, Calauan, Laguna, January 2025.
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II Memorial of the First Martyrs of Rome, 30 June 2026
Rembrandt’s famous painting “The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” (1633) stolen from a museum in Boston in 1990 and still has not been found yet. From en.wikipedia.org.
For the longest time, Lord Jesus, I cannot understand this episode in the gospel today:
As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm (Matthew 8:23-26).
You were more surprised perhaps even astonished, Jesus, with your disciples' fears than with the storm; and it continues to happen these days of so many storms that siege us endlessly not only as a Church but also as individuals; You are more surprised, Jesus, with our reactions to every danger and terror that come our way because those are the moments we drift away from you, when we distrust you, when we rely more on our selves or on others than with you.
What must terrify us most are not the violent storms that hit us but when we doubt your presence in our midst, Lord Jesus; the most terrifying thing in this life, in this world is when we play gods, when we turn to other gods, when we turn away from you in sin and evil like what Amos lamented in the first reading: "I brought upon you such upheaval as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah: you were like a brand plucked from the fire; yet you returned not to me, says the Lord" (Amos 4:11).
Like the first martyrs of the Church in Rome, may we remain faithful to you, Jesus even to the point of death for indeed, the saddest plight and worst tragedy that can happen to anyone is to turn away from you who is life and fulfillment. Amen.
Painting of the First Martyrs of Rome executed on orders by Roman Emperor Nero in year 64 AD; image from Pinterest.com
Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles, 29 June 2026 Acts 12:1-11 ><)))*> 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 ><)))*> Matthew 16:13-19
Statues of Sts. Peter & Paul, st. Peter’s Basilica, Rome; photos from opusdei.org
Lord Jesus Christ, you have given us a great lesson and greater examples in calling your Apostles: they are all of different personalities and background, with so many of them exactly at opposite with each other yet, you gave them the grace to overcome these to focus only on you and follow you; today we celebrate the two pillars of your Church, St. Peter and St. Paul - two contrasting personalities but both worked tirelessly to spread your gospel and largely because of them we have your Holy Roman Catholic Church.
Teach us to be like Sts. Peter and Paul to trust you always, to seek you always, and to completely abandon ourselves to you so that we can dare to witness your loving presence and mercy to everyone; most of all, grant us the grace, dear Jesus, of courage to go through the many darkness and uncertainties in life like Sts. Peter and Paul.
Keep us rooted in prayer like them so that we may know you more clearly, to see you among our brothers and sisters especially in those living in the margins like the poor and needy; keep us rooted in you in prayers so that we may love you unreservedly by being fair and just with everyone, caring and being kind with all regardless of color and status; and lastly, may we grow deeper in our love for you in prayer so that we may follow you closely wherever you lead us even if it most uncomfortable, inconvenient, and dangerous. Amen.
St. Peter and St. Paul, Pillars of the Church, pray for us!
The lithography of Sts. Peter and Paul in Missale Romanum by unknown artist with initials F.M.S (19. cent.) printed by Typis Friderici Pustet. (Renáta Sedmáková | us.fotolia.com)
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