Easter is transformation, conversion

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday in the Third Week of Easter, 09 May 2025
Acts 9:1-20     ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'>     John 6:52-59

Lord Jesus Christ,
you are alive and always
around us, present in each
one of us that whatever we do
to each one we also do unto you
as you called on Paul before
his conversion, "Saul, Saul,
why are you persecuting me?"
(Acts 9:4)

Enlighten our minds
and our hearts, Lord Jesus
for we are many times more than
a Saul than a Paul; let us admit
the times we "persecute" you 
in others like Saul when we 
speak ill of them especially in social
media; though we may not be exactly
like Saul with a sword and army of men,
many times we "breathe with murderous 
threats" against others who are not like us
in color and creed and outlook in life;
with your grace of light Jesus, remove
our blindness to the many forms of
persecutions we undertake against one
another especially in your name 
that until now we are so divided,
"quarreling among ourselves" like those 
Jews in Capernaum.

Give us the courage,
Jesus, to confront and 
change our behavior and
attitudes that "persecute" others;
help us to go back to you in our
hearts to be converted and 
transformed in your Resurrected
Body as better disciples despite
the wounds we may have that are
due to persecutions too have suffered;
let the cycle of persecution stop
in us so we may start 
a series of transformation
in ourselves,
in our homes,
and in our community.
Amen.