The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Monday, Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, 29 May 2023 Genesis 3:9-15, 20 ><)))*> + ><)))*> + ><)))*> John 2:1-11
God our loving Father, as we resume the Ordinary Time this Monday, grant us the grace your Son Jesus Christ had given his Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, to "face" you again, to be sincere and true before your holiness and perfection, power and might.
How sad that despite the graces of his Cross and Resurrection, we remain too far from you, O God, because we are still ashamed like Adam and Eve to "face" you as we constantly turn away from you in sins.
Remind us how on that first miracle of Jesus at the wedding in Cana when Mary interceded for the newly-wed couple that they have ran out of wine, our worthless selves marred with sins and imperfections like water have been transformed into beloved children of the Father, so beautiful, so lovely, so noble like an excellent wine. Amen.
