Our house: our relationships, our faith.

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 25 June 2026
12 Kings 24:8-17     <*((((><  +  ><))))*>     Matthew 7:21-29

Lord Jesus Christ,
I have learned your words 
early on that "Not everyone who says to me,
'Lord, Lord,' will enter the Kingdom
of heaven" (Matthew 7:21);
in the same manner,
I have memorized too
your parable on house:
"Everyone who listens to these words
of mine and acts on them will be like
a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came, 
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been
built solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these
words of mine but does not act
on them will be like a fool who built
his house on sand. The rain fell,
the floods came, and the winds blew
and buffeted the house. And it collapsed
and was completely ruined"
(Matthew 7:24-27).

Unfortunately,
Lord Jesus,
I have not taken your
words into my heart;
so many times I have relied more
from the words of others,
from my own knowledge
colored by my fears
and doubts
that many times
I have fallen into sin;
many times I call out to you,
"Lord. Lord"
but my life is so far
from you
and your ways;
I have been so foolish
like King Jehoiachin of Judah
who abandoned you
to follow other strange gods
that soon enough,
his kingdom fell into
the hands of the Babylonians,
suffering a worse fate
than Israel before.

Help me to cleanse
my house,
my very self
to renew and strengthen
my ties and relationships
in the Father
through you, Jesus
in the Holy Spirit;
help me to remain in you,
always seeking your will
in my decisions
and plans in life
especially amid the fast
changing pace of life
these days.
May I always seek your face
in every new situation
I come into.
Amen.