Discerning the present moment

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 13 November 2026
2 John 4-9     ><]]]]'>  +  ><]]]]'>  +  ><]]]]'>     Luke 17:26-37

Praise and glory
to you God our loving Father!

Guide us,
send us the Holy Spirit
to discern your presence
in Jesus Christ
in every present moment
amid the growing modern thoughts
in the world.

Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-27).

In this modern age 
of social media 
that have shrunk the world
into a global village
that have also spread so many lies
that poison so many with
the overstretching of rights
to life without any regard 
for others like the weakest
as well as to your 
Divine plan in Creation,
many have blurred your 
love and kindness
advocating abortion,
divorce,
and in vitro fertilization
for test tube babies,
now comes the 
SOGIE Equality Bill
in our Congress.

Make us heed
the words of John,
the Beloved Disciple of Jesus,
who is also the Elder 
reminding us in the first reading today
"Anyone who is so 'progressive'
as not to remain 
in the teaching of the Christ
does not have God;
whoever remains in the teaching
has the Father and the Son"
(1John 9).

Grant us,
dear Father,
the wisdom and freedom
to trust more in you
in accepting your invitation
to live fully,
wide awake
in every present moment,
finding you in our
hearts
and on the face of
every person
filled with joy
not with anger,
guilt,
and 
fears.
Amen.