Our many idols

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday, Memorial of Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More, Martyrs, 22 June 2026
2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18     <*((((>< + ><))))*>     Matthew 7:1-5

Teach us,
O Lord, to pray
and persevere like
Sts. John Fisher 
and Thomas More
to always have the same 
wisdom and courage
to serve our country well
by remaining your faithful servants
first; in this world so advanced
in science and technology,
many have veered away from
you, God our Father;
we have come to worship so many idols:
our bloated egos with all kinds
of selfish thoughts and ideas 
we hide as rights and freedom;
our body that we adore,
more like vanity than health;
other personalities we blindly follow
and imitate; relationships and habits
that take precedence over you,
O Lord.

May the fall of Israel to Assyria
in the first reading remind us today
to always examine the "plank" in our
eyes Jesus spoke of in the gospel,
of how modern things may be blinding us,
leading us away from you, God
who is our life and meaning.
Amen.