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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Memorial of Sts. John Fisher & Thomas More, Martyrs, 22 June 2026 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18 <*((((>< + ><))))*> Matthew 7:1-5
Teach us, O Lord, to pray and persevere like Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More to always have the same wisdom and courage to serve our country well by remaining your faithful servants first; in this world so advanced in science and technology, many have veered away from you, God our Father; we have come to worship so many idols: our bloated egos with all kinds of selfish thoughts and ideas we hide as rights and freedom; our body that we adore, more like vanity than health; other personalities we blindly follow and imitate; relationships and habits that take precedence over you, O Lord.
May the fall of Israel to Assyria in the first reading remind us today to always examine the "plank" in our eyes Jesus spoke of in the gospel, of how modern things may be blinding us, leading us away from you, God who is our life and meaning. Amen.
