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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Thursday after Pentecost, Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Eternal High Priest, 12 June 2025
Isaiah 6:1-4, 8 <'{{{{>< + ><}}}}'> John 17:1-2, 9, 14-16
Lord Jesus Christ, our Eternal High Priest who called and sent us to continue your work of love and mercy into this world so broken by pride and selfishness, personal interests and evil schemes, continue to pray for us, to consecrate us to your truth so we may continue to make you known in this world that refuses to recognize you accept you and worship you.
So much decadence has been going with us these past six months especially in our Senate: we have put into office inept and corrupt lawmakers who shamelessly disregard the rule of law especially the welfare of the people, taking on themselves a wrong sense of authority based on power and personal whims instead of seeing it as a sharing in your rule meant to keep justice and peace among us; decadence has come upon us all when pride is something to be proud of, when persons and sexuality are redefined to suit each one's inclination disregarding God's original design so that love and life may flourish amid our differences; our family is disintegrating while our society is decaying 127 years since our Independence; what a mess we are into, Lord Jesus.
To whom shall we go, Lord Jesus? You have the words of life but many times the problems and darkness we are into even with our personal lives are so enormous; we have been so detached from you that is why we have been far from each other too; on this Feast of your Eternal Priesthood, remind us of our share in your Priesthood, of our being a priest, a bridge, a link with others in you and through you; let us imitate you Jesus in your gentleness and mercy, kindness and love; many times Lord we forget these qualities are already in us, our giftedness in becoming like you because you are our perfect mediator with the Father, our Eternal High Priest who became like us so that we can become like YOU.
When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said this, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him… I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one” (John 17:1-2, 14-15).
Lord Jesus, your prayer offered for us since that Holy Thursday evening remains true and sincere, and most fulfilled in our time as you never cease to fail in giving us everything we need; on this Feast of your Eternal Priesthood, we pray that we do our share, our part in fulfilling that prayer by becoming like you, of being in the world but not of the world; like the Prophet Isaiah, we each one pray too "Here I am! Send me" to be your witness, to be your light, to be your presence. Amen.
