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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Memorial of St. Philip Neri, Priest, 26 May 2026 1 Peter 1:18-25 ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*> Mark 10:32-45
God our loving Father, as we slowly move into Ordinary Time in our Church calendar that began yesterday, delete from our thoughts, from our orientations, from our consciousness the idea of anything called "ordinary" as something less important, less in value because it is usual, plain and simple. Ordinary.
Make us realize the word "ordinary" implies orderliness and regularity, from the Latin root that literally means "rule."
Make us realize, O Lord, that the ordinary days, the ordinary people, and whatever we refer to as ordinary actually make up the bulk of our lives with You, O God, the Supreme Ordinary of our lives!
Make us realize that whoever or whatever we deem as ordinary is the rule of the day - so, let us stop taking them for granted like leading our lives in You, according to Your will, witnessing Jesus Christ who had come to show us the value and dignity of our being human because it is the path, the rule to fulfillment, to life and to meaning as St. Philip Neri realized early in his life in turning away from a life of ease and comfort by embracing then priesthood.
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come” (Mark 10:29-30).
Finally, teach me, dear Jesus, to have this regularity of life, of having order in my life that begins and ends in You because you have come to make me and everyone truly special by being closer to the Father through one another. Amen.
