Seek good, not evil

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 01 July 2026
Amos 5:14-15, 21-24     <*{{{{><  +  ><}}}}*>     Matthew 8:28-34

"... then let justice surge like water,
and goodness like an unfailing stream."
(Amos 5:24)

Your words,
O God are so timely:
how sad nobody seems to care
anymore with each one's welfare;
worse of all,
even religion is twisted
and bent by some to fool a great number
of followers so bent on evil too,
blinded from truth
and justice;
when are they going to think
of the good of the ordinary folks?
when shall they think more of the little
ones trying to make ends meet?
when shall they care for those
looking after their sick family members?
when shall they ever start truly worshipping
God by seeking him who is all good,
not evil?

Lord Jesus Christ,
help us to have the
same grace and confidence
you have in confronting the demoniacs
in Gadarenes for there are too many demons
these days in our streets like EDSA;
they are so violent and insanely
volatile, without any sense of sanity and
reason at all;
like the swineherds in the gospel,
they give more importance to "pigs"
than to persons,
to their cult leaders
than to Jesus Christ.

May we always seek you,
Jesus
in the simplest things
and occasions
and people
so that we avoid evil.
Amen.