It might be you?

Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday, Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 12 October 2026
Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1     <*((((>< + ><))))*>     Luke 11:29-32

Please excuse me, Jesus
as I feel like singing
one of the songs during 
our college days by 
Stephen Bishop 
for the movie "Tootsie"
starring Dustin Hoffman:

Time, I've been passing time
Watching trains go by
All of my life
Lying on the sand
Watching sea birds fly
Wishing there would be

Someone waiting home for me
Something's telling me it might be you
It's telling me it might be you
All of my life

I could hear you speaking
to me today, Jesus:
"This is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign,
but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah"
(Luke 11:29);
there are times I keep looking
for certainty, asking for a sign
from God for the things I have to do,
for the mission I have to accomplish;
but like your people,
we today fail or refuse to see you,
to find you, Jesus 
when you are
right in front of us,
always beside us;
and it is true, Lord Jesus,
I cannot find you in my life
because I expect something
more obvious or even something
more dramatic like in the movies.

Keep me simple, Jesus,
so that I may find you,
I may recognize you in
the most ordinary,
the simplest occasions
in my life,
among the people I meet daily
especially those I take for granted
or refuse to relate with.

So many quiet walks to take
So many dreams to wake
And with so much love to make, oh
I think we're gonna meet some time
Maybe all we need is time

And it's telling me it might be you
All of my life
I've been saving love songs and lullabies
And there's so much more
No one's ever heard before

Something's telling me it might be you
Yeah, it's telling me it must be you
And I'm feeling it'll just be you
All of my life

Yes, it's you, Jesus...
always you every time I wake up
and make that sign of the Cross
first thing in the morning;
it is you, Jesus...
when I see the light
and feel the warmth of
the rising sun;
it is you, Jesus...
when people and kids
smile at me,
when people ask for me,
when people listen and
speak to me;
it is you, Jesus...
when I still hope
and love and desire
for you.
Help me in my unbelief.
Amen.