God our Father, it is Monday again. For most of us, it is the start of another week of work or studies or both. For some of us like our retired parents and friends, it is another week of emptiness in their empty nests. For the sick, it is another week of patient waiting. Every Monday, some of us dread the many decisions and choices we have to make for this brand new week.
Give us the grace amidst these Monday blues to think more of the good things in life. Give us the grace to choose what is good no matter how difficult it may be. Make us positive of the many good choices available for us despite the many darkness and problems that surround us in the family, in our relationships and in our work or school.
Like St. Paul in the first reading today, let us not give in to immorality, that “old yeast” within us, “the yeast of malice and wickedness; but, let us celebrate this new week with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth found in Christ Jesus.” (1Cor.5:7-8) Every day is your day, O Lord, a sabbath – a day of doing good, of saving lives, of healing wounds (Lk.6:9) through Jesus Christ. Amen.Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Parokya ng San Juan Apostol at Ebanghelista, Gov. F. Halili Ave., Bagbaguin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan 3022.
Photo by the author, Betania-Tagaytay, 23 August 2017.
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