Praying with Bono and U2

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 30 January 2026
2 Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17     <*((((>< + ><))))*>     Mark 4:26-34

Thank you Lord Jesus
for the Friday break,
the penultimate day of this month
of January 2026;
it was a heavy week 
and a very long month 
for most of us we thought
would never end.

We are thankful Lord
today because we are still
with you with many of us
struggling in our prayer lives,
persevering in being good
and everything like being king
and understanding and forgiving;
indeed, like your parable today,
everything good begins so small
like the seed scattered in the field
that sprout and grow while the farmer
sleeps and rises night and day
without really knowing how;
but that is how it is also with
sin and evil that always begins
so small, so subtle 
like in the experience of
David in the first reading: 
he had been complacent
in his life falling into temptations
of lust that led into murder.

Dear Jesus,
remind us always 
to never take little things
for granted -
whether small deeds that
lead to holiness or small
sins that may leave us stuck in 
a moment we can't get out of
according to Bono of U2:

You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And now you can't get out of it
Don't say that later will be better
Now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it

We pray, Lord Jesus
for those feeling stuck in 
a moment or a sin or a vice
or a relationship that they can't
get out of;
give them the courage to quit
and return to you,
even little by little.
Amen.

*I know what you are thinking but this is a good piece from U2's 2000 album "All That You Can't Leave Behind"... it might help you pray better.