Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday after Pentecost, Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Eternal High Priest, 12 June 2025
Isaiah 6:1-4, 8 <'{{{{>< + ><}}}}'> John 17:1-2, 9, 14-16
Lord Jesus Christ,
our Eternal High Priest
who called and sent us
to continue your work of love
and mercy into this world
so broken by pride and selfishness,
personal interests and evil schemes,
continue to pray for us,
to consecrate us to your truth
so we may continue to make you known
in this world that refuses to
recognize you
accept you
and worship you.
So much decadence has been
going with us these past six months
especially in our Senate:
we have put into office inept and
corrupt lawmakers who shamelessly
disregard the rule of law especially
the welfare of the people,
taking on themselves a wrong
sense of authority based on power
and personal whims instead of
seeing it as a sharing in your
rule meant to keep justice
and peace among us;
decadence has come upon us
all when pride is something to
be proud of,
when persons and sexuality
are redefined to suit each one's
inclination disregarding God's
original design so that love and
life may flourish amid our differences;
our family is disintegrating
while our society is decaying
127 years since our Independence;
what a mess we are into,
Lord Jesus.
To whom shall we go,
Lord Jesus?
You have the words of life
but many times the problems
and darkness we are into
even with our personal lives
are so enormous;
we have been so detached
from you that is why we have been
far from each other too;
on this Feast of your Eternal Priesthood,
remind us of our share in your Priesthood,
of our being a priest,
a bridge,
a link with others
in you and through you;
let us imitate you Jesus
in your gentleness and mercy,
kindness and love;
many times Lord we forget
these qualities are already in us,
our giftedness in becoming like you
because you are our perfect mediator
with the Father,
our Eternal High Priest who became
like us so that we can become
like YOU.
When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said this, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him… I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one” (John 17:1-2, 14-15).
Lord Jesus, your prayer offered for us since that Holy Thursday evening remains true and sincere, and most fulfilled in our time as you never cease to fail in giving us everything we need; on this Feast of your Eternal Priesthood, we pray that we do our share, our part in fulfilling that prayer by becoming like you, of being in the world but not of the world; like the Prophet Isaiah, we each one pray too "Here I am! Send me" to be your witness, to be your light, to be your presence. Amen.
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