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The Lord Is My Chef Easter Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday in the Sixth Week of Easter, 07 May 2024 Acts 16:22-34 <*((((>< + ><))))*> John 16:5-11
The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely.
Acts 16:22-23
Lord Jesus, thank You for joining us in our humanity, in everything except sin so that we too are able to join You in Your divinity. Unfortunately, most often we join the wrong causes, the wrong people, the sinful and evil ways of the world instead of joining You and Your works. Until now this scene in Philippi continues in our days when we join others in bringing down those doing good, to hurt and put to shame those doing Your work.
Teach us, Jesus, to join, to connect, to link, to unite, and to attach ourselves with You, in You and through You like the jailer of St. Paul who chose to join life and light than join his masters in evil; keep us attuned always to the Holy Spirit to be aware and conscious always of Your ways and moves we must follow so that eventually at the end of this journey on earth, we join You in eternal life. Amen.
