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The Lord Is My Chef Daily Recipe for the Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12 December 2023 Zechariah 2:14-17 ><}}}}*> + <*{{{{>< Luke 1:26-38
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 who was the first welcome and receive him, you never had the season of Advent itself for you were an Advent in yourself. 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 to appear in the New World at that great period of discoveries, appearing in Mexico to Juan Diego to proclaim Christ's coming; and they realized and experienced so soon through you Christ's coming and reign!
You have never stopped in reminding us of the presence and coming of Jesus in our own time; teach us to be like you, O Blessed Virgin Mary 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.