Praying for integration

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 15 July 2026
Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16     <*((((>< + ><))))*>     Matthew 11:25-27

Loving Father in heaven,
allow me to imitate your Son
Jesus Christ's prayer and praise
to you this day:
"I give praise to you,
Father, Lord of heaven 
and earth,
for although 
you have hidden these things 
from the wise and learned
you have revealed them
to the childlike"
(Matthew 10:25).

Yesterday we prayed 
to you for gratitude
and we are grateful today
in your answering our prayer;
today we pray for the gift
of integration,
of finding your Son
our Lord Jesus Christ
at the center of everything
in our lives,
of the need for us to be open
like little children
who value most 
our relationships 
than all other things.

Like St. Bonaventure
may we have the gift of 
wisdom and the ability
to integrate faith and reason
in our lives,
seeing more the face
of the Father in everyone
like Jesus who called us
his followers as "little children";
yes, Father,
integration is being whole,
is being like children
always open to learn 
from you,
trusting you,
following you;
take away my pride,
my belief in my powers
and abilities that keep me
closed like most smart Alecks
that actually know nothing at all,
filled only with flatulence
that reek with foul smell
especially when they speak.
Amen.