Positive indifference

The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday, Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest, 31 July 2024
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21     <*((((><  +  ><))))*>     Matthew 13:44-46

Dearest Lord Jesus,
teach me to be generous
like your servant St. Ignatius of Loyola,
like the Prophet Jeremiah;
grant me the grace of 
"positive indifference",
of letting go whatever keeps me from
loving God and others
while remaining engaged with
whatever that makes me love
God and others so that I may
always praise, revere and serve
God my Lord and Master.

Forgive me, dear Jesus,
at times when I complain,
when I cry out to You like
the Prophet Jeremiah today:
"Why is my pain continuous,
my wounds incurable,
refusing to be healed?
You have indeed become for me
a treacherous brook,
whose waters do not abide!"
(Jeremiah 15:18)

Let me realize that as a disciple,
as your prophet especially in this time
of so much emphasis on relativism,
on having one's self as the measure 
of what is right and acceptable,
of what is cultured and intellectual
even at the expense of making a mockery
of you, our Lord and God, 
I have to speak in clear and blunt language,
calling a male as a he or a sir,
a female as a she or a ma'am,
nothing of them or their as singular,
of immoral as wrong and sinful,
of every life in whatever stage as precious
that may all make me be an object of
attacks and ridicule even among 
friends and relatives.

Let me realize, Jesus,
my Lord and Master,
that despite the trend of
many today to wave the banner of evil 
in multi-colors and shades,
we have to be firm in waving your
white and pure banner of truth
even if it may be old and tattered in time;
most of all, 
let me keep in mind and heart and soul
that as we continue to love and forgive
even our bashers and haters,
we would never be loved in return
just like You.

Take my will, O Lord,
my liberty and everything I have like that man
in today's parable (Matthew 13:44-46),
let me leave everything behind to
gain You like that great
treasure and pearl of great price;
give me the grace and courage
to do your most holy will.
Amen.

St. Ignatius of Loyola,
Pray for us.