DAILY- HOMILY

December 12, 2017 – TUESDAY, 2ND Week of Advent

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Philippines

Memorial, White

Zec 2: 14 - 17 / Lk 1: 26 - 38

     The image of Our Lady on the tilma of St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474

- 1548) is miraculously preserved in Mexico City at the Basilica of Our Lady of

Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is Patroness of the Americas and the Philippines.

FROM THE FIRST READING:          Zec 2: 14 -16

     "Sing and rejoice, 0 daughter of Zion, for I am about to come, I shall dwell among you," says Yahweh. "On that day many nations will join Yahweh and be my people, but my dwelling is among you." The people of Judah will be for Yahweh as his portion in his holy land. He will choose Jerusalem again.

From the GOSPEL READING:        Lk 1: 26- 35, 38a

     In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth. He was sent to a young virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

     The angel came to her and said, "Rejoice, full of grace, the Lord is with you." Mary was troubled at these words wondering what this greeting could mean.

     But the angel said, "Do not fear, Mary, for God has looked kindly on you. You shall conceive and bear a son and you shall call him Jesus. He will be great and shall rightly be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his ancestor; he will rule over the people of Jacob forever and his reign will have no end."

     Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be if I am a virgin?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the holy child to be born shall be called Son of God." ...

     Then Mary said, "I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me as you have said."

REFLECTION

     Our Lady of Guadalupe, with a magnificent basilica in Mexico City, is the

Patroness of the Americas and the Philippines. She appeared to St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an ordinary Mexican farmer, asking that a church be built in her honor. The unbelieving bishop was convinced when Juan Diego brought to him roses in full bloom during the winter season. She also left an image of herself, preserved to this day, on Juan Diego's tilma: Mary appears as a native princess, with stars and the crescent moon, a symbol of the ancient Aztec religion. In a few years after her apparition to Juan Diego six million Aztecs were converted to Christianity.

     Pope St. John Paul II praised Juan Diego for his simple faith and humility, "a nobody, a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end of a leaf," but the chosen emissary of our powerful God.

WE PRAY FOR MTQ DAILY PRAYER INTENTIONS:

BIRTHDAY

     ANTERO LIBANAN

     EVELYN D. SANCHEZ

     HAZEL PAMELA DEL BANDO

     MAVERICK LEONARDO T. JAVIER

     ROBERT DE JESUS VICTOR MORALES

THANKSGIVING

     PETER & MARY NG

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

     AL AND CITA CONCEPTION

     EUSTAQUIO & MICHELLE ACERO

OTHER INTENTIONS:

For the repose of the soul of Justice Flerida Ruth Romero, & Atty Tess Magpayo.

For the healing of Cris.

Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who need our prayers the most. 

Have a good day!

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