Praying with Sts. Peter & Paul

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday, Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles, 29 June 2026
Acts 12:1-11  ><)))*>  2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18  ><)))*>  Matthew 16:13-19

Lord Jesus Christ,
you have given us a great
lesson and greater examples
in calling your Apostles:
they are all of different
personalities and background,
with so many of them exactly
at opposite with each other
yet, you gave them the grace
to overcome these to focus only
on you and follow you;
today we celebrate the two pillars
of your Church, St. Peter
and St. Paul - two contrasting 
personalities but both worked 
tirelessly to spread your gospel
and largely because of them we have
your Holy Roman Catholic Church.

Teach us to be like Sts. Peter and Paul
to trust you always, 
to seek you always,
and to completely abandon ourselves
to you so that we can dare to witness
your loving presence and mercy
to everyone; most of all,
grant us the grace, dear Jesus,
of courage to go through the many
darkness and uncertainties in life
like Sts. Peter and Paul.

Keep us rooted in prayer like them
so that we may know you more clearly,
to see you among our brothers and
sisters especially in those living 
in the margins like the poor and needy;
keep us rooted in you in prayers so that
we may love you unreservedly by being
fair and just with everyone, caring
and being kind with all regardless of 
color and status; and lastly, may we grow
deeper in our love for you in prayer so that
we may follow you closely wherever you lead
us even if it most uncomfortable,
inconvenient, and dangerous.
Amen.

St. Peter and St. Paul,
Pillars of the Church,
pray for us!