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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Friday, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Principal Patroness of the Philippines
12 December 2025
Zechariah 2:14-17 <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> Luke 1:39-47
What a joy for us, to have you, O Most Blessed Virgin Mary as our Mother too courtesy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ; you first welcomed and received him was also the first to share him with others like her cousin Elizabeth pregnant with his precursor John the Baptist; as the Mother of God, you never had the season of Advent itself for you were an Advent in yourself carrying the Christ, sharing the Christ! And your advent never stopped.
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion! See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the Lord. silence, all mankind, in the presence of the Lord! For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling (Zechariah 2:14, 17).
How quick were you O Blessed Mother to appear in the New World at that great period of discoveries, appearing in Guadalupe, Mexico to San Juan Diego proclaiming, sharing Jesus Christ in their midst; you must be so lovely and most kind indeed that they welcomed Jesus through you you right away in Guadalupe!
Help us to imitate you, O Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe of being an advent of Christ in this modern age so detached from God, so impersonal, so relativistic and materialistic; teach us to be like you, O Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe, always humble and simple, one with us, looking like us, walking with us in our own time and milieu, carrying Jesus, sharing Jesus, showing Jesus. Amen.
