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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, Year II, 25 June 2026 12 Kings 24:8-17 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 7:21-29
Lord Jesus Christ, I have learned your words early on that "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the Kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 7:21); in the same manner, I have memorized too your parable on house: "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been built solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined" (Matthew 7:24-27).
Unfortunately, Lord Jesus, I have not taken your words into my heart; so many times I have relied more from the words of others, from my own knowledge colored by my fears and doubts that many times I have fallen into sin; many times I call out to you, "Lord. Lord" but my life is so far from you and your ways; I have been so foolish like King Jehoiachin of Judah who abandoned you to follow other strange gods that soon enough, his kingdom fell into the hands of the Babylonians, suffering a worse fate than Israel before.
Help me to cleanse my house, my very self to renew and strengthen my ties and relationships in the Father through you, Jesus in the Holy Spirit; help me to remain in you, always seeking your will in my decisions and plans in life especially amid the fast changing pace of life these days. May I always seek your face in every new situation I come into. Amen.
