The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday in the Octave of Easter, 04 April 2024
Acts 3:11-26 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 24:35-48
Thank you,
Lord Jesus,
for always touching me,
making me experience
You truly alive in prayers
and Sacraments
but most especially
in the people You send
to touch me
and be touched by me
for You.
Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
Luke 24:38-39
How amazing,
O Lord,
in Your rising from
the dead,
You still have those
wounds You bore for us
there on the Cross
but all healed
to remind us that
all wounds we have
can be healed in You!
Most of all,
though our hands
and words wound
so many others,
it is also our same
wounded hands
and hearts You use
to heal others
wounded.
Most loving Jesus,
"open our minds to understand
the Scriptures" (Lk.24:45),
help us to touch base
with our very selves,
with our past,
with our sins
and mistakes we refuse
to admit
or did not know at all
like when Simon Peter
reminded the people
of Jerusalem
so that
we remain in touch
with You,
with others,
and with our
true selves.
Amen.
*Sharing with you one of my favorite prayer-music by Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ; speaks so well of Fr. Henri Nouwen’s reflection on our being a “wounded healer” as well as the amazing power of human touch.
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