Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 22 September 2025
Monday in the Twenty-Fifth Week of Ordinary Time, Year I
Ezra 1:1-6 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Luke 8:16-18
We praise and thank you,
God our loving Father
for the peaceful rally yesterday
though marred by some
hooligans; we hope and pray
that you will touch the hearts
and souls of our leaders
and government officials
to imitate King Cyrus of Persia
that they choose
what is good
for the people,
that they choose
your divine will,
that they choose
to be remembered well
despite our many differences.
In the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord inspired King Cyrus of Persia to issue this proclamation throughout his kingdom, both by words of mouth and in writing: “Thus says Cyrus, King of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Therefore, whoever among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him! Let everyone who has survived, in whatever place he may may have dwelt, be assisted by the people of that place with silver, gold, goods, and cattle, together with free-will offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem” (Ezra 1:1-4).
King Cyrus could have
kept your people enslaved
in Babylon, Lord,
after he had conquered
the Babylonians but
King Cyrus chose
to set them free
to return to Jerusalem;
moreover, he returned
their gold to bring back
to your temple in Jerusalem;
we still believe, dear Lord
in the goodness of people:
touch them especially those
involved in the flood control
scams in our country;
give us more men and women
willing to stand for the truth
so that the guilty ones are
punished and the funds
are returned to be put into
good use for your people.
Amen.
Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City
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