Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul, 09 October 2025 Thursday, Memorial of St. Denis, Bishop & Companion Martyrs Malachi 3:13-20 <*[[[[>< + ><]]]]*> Luke 11:5-13
"For lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of hosts. But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays" (Malachi 3:19-20).
Thank you, dearest Lord Jesus for having come and for coming again, bringing healing and wholeness to us but, still, as the Prophet Malachi had noted in his time, even today there are still many among us so tempted with pleasures and comfort, so carried away by materialism and consumerism; many of us pay lip service to the call of our faith with corrupt officials habitually invoking your name, Lord while most of us merely go through our many religious observances and devotions but empty in practice of mercy and charity.
Grant us the gift of your Holy Spirit, Jesus, in our prayers: "If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" (Luke 11:13)
Draw us deeper, Lord Jesus Christ, into the mystery of prayer not as a ritual but as a relationship; therefore, to persist in prayer is not about wearing God down but allowing our hearts to clarify our desires until we silently surrender to what God knows as best for us; let us persist in prayers to align our will to God's Holy Will so that eventually, we knock with trust, not fear; we ask with boldness, not with bargaining; most of all, let us receive not just answers but your gift of your very SELF, Jesus! Amen. Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Our Lady of Fatima University Valenzuela City ([email protected])
