Sitting with Jesus

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 16 October 2025
Thursday, Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
Romans 3:21-30     <*((((><  +  ><))))*>     Luke 11:47-54

If there is one thing
I could wish from you,
Lord Jesus,
at this very moment after
hearing your words to sit beside you,
just be with you to feel you -
are you angry with us? 
Or mad, at least disappointed?

I feel afraid and worried, 
Lord.

The Lord said: “Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say (Luke 11:52-53).

You are not only
filled with courage and wisdom
but very bold to express them;
how I wish, Lord,
I could have that grace
to truly speak my heart out,
to express what the Father 
had sent me to proclaim,
to disturb the complacent
and corrupt, the indifferent
and self-righteous among us;
or, at least, grant me Lord the
diplomacy and formality
of St. Paul who was very much
like you in proclaiming the truth
boldly and courageously.

Let me sit more often
in your silence
and feelings,
Jesus;
let your salvation 
be manifested in me
without any tinge of boasting
except only in your most holy name.
Amen.

Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Our Lady of Fatima University
Valenzuela City
(lordmychef@gmail.com)