Love – our deeper connection

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II'
Monday in the Fifth Week of Easter, 19 May 2025
Acts 14:5-18     ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'>     John 14:21-26

Your words today, O Lord
are very amusing:
in the first reading we have
the people at Lystra insisted
on making Paul and Bernabas
as "gods" after they have healed
a crippled man from birth
while in the gospel we felt you
personally speaking to us too
along with your disciples at the Last Supper
of how in our love for you and with
each other that we become divine
like you.

Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him, “Master, then what happened that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him” (John 14:22-24).

How lovely,
dear Jesus are your words:
you never left us,
you continue to speak to us
in the Holy Spirit
you sent to enlighten
our minds and our hearts
so we may continue to love you
in one another;
more than a feeling as
most people believe these days,
love is a response to a loving,
meaningful relationship in you;
love is our deeper connection
with you and with each other;
without love,
we are mere humans,
not persons,
without relationships,
most of all,
without meaning
and direction in life.

Let us love,
love, and love more,
Jesus so we may find and
recognize you in ourselves
and in others,
especially the weakest
and poorest among us.
Amen.