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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Wednesday, Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin & Doctor of Church, 29 April 2026 Acts 12:24-13:5 ><}}}}*> + ><}}}}*> + ><}}}}*> John 12:44-50
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then, completing their fasting and prayer, they laid hands on them and sent them off (Acts 13:2-3).
As we move in your Spirit Lord Jesus Christ, moving with you and moving to you, teach us to be set apart from the rest like what you did to Barnabas and Saul; give us the docility to follow your movement away from others we have been comfortable with in order to move where we may experience discomfort and be dislocated; give us the same grace you gave St. Catherine of Sienna who saw the whole Church as her community, recognizing the need for unity through reconciliation; in this time of too much tensions happening in the Church within and outside, give us the courage to be set apart like St. Catherine to confront the growing rifts among the clergy and the faithful.
Let us realize, dear Jesus, that sometimes we need to be set apart to speak your words that bring light into the world so darkened by sins and evil that many times I perpetrate. Amen.
