The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday in the Third Week of Easter, 16 April 2024
Acts 7:51-8:1   <*((((>< + <*(((>< + ><)))*> + ><))))*>   John 6:22-29   

Lord Jesus,
teach me to bend my knees
before You starting today;
let me bring back those
vanishing gestures of 
kneeling and genuflection
almost unknown these days
among the people;
we live in a clapping culture
where we give so much 
emphasis on what our hands
can do that only end up
in manipulating everything
and everyone,
especially when we clap
senselessly or ridiculously
so often
especially in our
liturgical celebrations.

My dearest Jesus,
teach me to exercise my
powerful muscles
of the legs and knees,
to bend and kneel more often,
to get low to the ground
to remember my origins,
to be humble before You,
my Lord and my God.

As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”; and when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 7:59-60

Help me realize,
dear Jesus,
that it is in being humble
before you like a child,
kneeling before You
when we truly find You,
when You truly answer
our prayers;
very often,
we come to You
without looking at You,
seeing only what You can give
like those in the crowd
who asked You to give them
bread from heaven
without realizing
You are the bread Yourself
whom we must receive.
Because they have forgotten
to kneel and bow low before
in order to find You.
Amen.