Love covers a multitude of sins

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, Eighth Week, Memorial of St. Paul VI, Pope, 29 May 2026
1 Peter 4:7-13     ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*>     Mark 11:11-25

As we come to  nearly closing
the month of May,
your Prince of Apostles,
St. Peter leaves us with 
beautiful reminders so timely
and appropriate in this period 
of darkness and evil:

Beloved: The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober-minded so that you will be able to pray. Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins (1Peter 4:7-8).

How lovely,
how powerful,
and so true
are your words to us
today through St. Peter:
we are living at the end of all
things and still,
here we are living as if
there is no end,
as if there is no death,
as if there is no judgment.

We have become so bad,
so dismal is the world
like that fig tree you have cursed,
Lord Jesus: so delightful in the eyes
but fruitless like us,
especially the rich and powerful
among us like our lawmakers
and public officials
so affluent,
dressed in fineries
without any benefit at all
for the society they have abused;
oh yes,
even our church is like
the temple of Jerusalem that
has become a den of thieves
than a house of prayer
when priests and bishops are
more concerned with money
and clout,
with self,
leaving You Jesus trapped
inside the Tabernacle.

Teach us conversion,
Jesus:
give us strength and will
to turn away from evil,
to closely examine our selves
for all our sins when we have
refused to love;
love can truly cover a multitude
of sins because when we truly love,
that is when we turn away from sin,
when we return to You, Jesus
found in the least
and taken for granted among us;
may our love for You through
one another be constant
because wherever there is love,
there is God;
when there is love,
there is no sin.

May we be
witnesses of Your love
dear Jesus
in this world so wounded by
sins and evil;
like your servant Pope St. Paul VI,
may we witness Your love
in our daily lives
caring for those in the margins,
for those sufferings
and especially for those
who are weak.
Amen.