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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Monday, Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, 09 June 2025
Acts 1:12-14 <*{{{{>< <*{{{{>< + ><}}}}*> ><}}}}*> John 19:25-27
Praise and glory to you, Lord Jesus in inspiring the Church in its most recent celebration of the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church every Monday after Pentecost when we resume Ordinary Time; it is so right and fitting that after your return to heaven, you send us to the world to continue your work of salvation by being rooted in you in prayer, not just by ourselves but with Mary your Mother, your first disciple, the first doer of your word, the first to receive you, Jesus the Christ.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet…Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers (Acts 1:12, 13-14).
Since the very start of the Church, you have always been with her, truly her Mother being the Body of Christ your Son; all your life, you have devoted yourself into prayer as a communion in Jesus Christ which is essentially what discipleship is - prayer! As we resume the Ordinary Time, teach us Mother Mary to remain in union with Jesus in prayer: let us be one with Jesus your Son to make our joy complete not only in listening and receiving his word but most especially in doing his words; let us be one with Jesus your Son for us to persevere in our sorrows by finding him always in every suffering by embracing his Cross; let us be one with Jesus your Son so that glory and victory may not inflate our ego, realizing everything is for God's greater glory; let us be one with Jesus your Son for us to remain in his light of the Holy Spirit in this time we are engulfed in darkness of sin and materialism, pride and power, vanity and self-centeredness.
O most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, Mother of Christ and our Mother too, be our companion in this long journey in Ordinary Time, knowing Jesus, loving Jesus, following Jesus, always leading and pointing others to Jesus to be like Jesus. Amen.
