The Eucharistic Lay Ministers held their retreat on October 29, 2016 at Oasis of Prayer Retreat House in Silang, Cavite.
Fr Ariel Tecson, retreat master, opened the thanksgiving mass with a beautiful exhortation:
Mary is the flesh of Jesus. She is closest to Him from the crib to the cross to the cenacle waiting for the descent of the Holy Spirit. Lay Ministers should emulate Mary’s ways – her Fiat, her Magnificat in serving Him – holy, humble, obedient, hidden, & submissive. As the sorrowful Mother standing by the feet of Jesus on the cross, she never wavered in her faith that Jesus will be victorious at the end. So should we in times of personal trials.