Our golden calf

40 Shades of Lent by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday, Fourth Week in Lent, 03 April 2025
Exodus 32:7-14     + + + + +     John 5:31-47

Forgive us, O God our
most merciful Father for 
being so stiff-necked like your
people in the wilderness;
forgive us for easily forgetting 
you and your wondrous deeds
in saving us;
forgive us, Father in turning away
from you so quickly,
when something else - 
our golden calf - 
became an object of desire that
felt greater than our desire for you;
many times, 
we are so attracted and easily
rejoiced in the lights of others 
not realizing of the more convincing 
light of your Son Jesus Christ.

Thank you, dear Father,
for your great mercy and 
abounding forgiveness to our
many and repeated sinfulness;
teach us also to be like Moses
interceding for others to relent in
their anger especially these days when
so many road rages are happening,
with each one trying to assert one's
power and superiority that leads
to senseless killing and lost of life
all because of adoration for our
many a golden calf.
Amen.