25 May 2026 (Monday)| Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

25 May 2026 (Monday)

Mary, Mother of the Church on Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time.

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church.

Readings from the Bible of the Roman Catholic Church:

First Reading: Genesis 3: 9-15, 20
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7 ℟. 3
Gospel: John 19: 25-34
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: White.

First Reading : Genesis 3:9‐15,20

(Reader) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

After Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’ Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’
  Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,
‘Be accursed beyond all cattle,
all wild beasts.
You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust
every day of your life.
I will make you enemies of each other:
you and the woman,
your offspring and her offspring.
It will crush your head
and you will strike its heel.’
The man named his wife ‘Eve’ because she was the mother of all those who live.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.
(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 87:1-2, 3 and 5, 6-7 ℟. 3

Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!
On the holy mountain is his city
  cherished by the Lord.
The Lord prefers the gates of Zion
  to all Jacob’s dwellings.
Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!
Of you are told glorious things,
  O city of God!
‘Zion shall be called “Mother”
  for all shall be her children.’
Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!
It is he, the Lord Most High,
  who gives each his place.
In his register of peoples he writes:
  ‘These are her children,’
and while they dance they will sing:
  ‘In you all find their home.’
Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
O happy Virgin, you gave birth to the Lord; O blessed mother of the Church, you warm our hearts with the Spirit of your Son Jesus Christ.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel : John 19:25‐34

(Reader) A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.
  After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed, and to fulfil the scripture perfectly he said, ‘I am thirsty.’
  A jar full of vinegar stood there, so putting a sponge soaked in the vinegar on a hyssop stick they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the vinegar he said, ‘It is accomplished’; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.
  It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.

(Reader) The Gospel of the Lord.
(All) Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

For our reflection today:

The words of the Popes.

The Lord himself knows that we need refuge and shelter in the midst of so many dangers.  This is why at the most critical moment on the cross, he said to his beloved disciple, to every disciple: “Behold, your Mother!” (Jn 19:27).  The Mother is not something optional; she is Christ’s witness.  And we need her as a traveller needs refreshment, as a small child needs to be carried in one’s arms.  There is great danger for the faith if we live without our Mother, without her protection, allowing ourselves to be carried along by life like leaves by the wind.  The Lord knows this, and recommends that we welcome his Mother.  This is not a question of spiritual etiquette, but is needed for us to live.  Loving her is not a poem; it is a question of being alive.  For without a Mother we cannot be sons and daughters.  And before all else, we are sons and daughters, beloved sons and daughters, who have God as Father and Our Lady as Mother. The Second Vatican Council teaches that Mary is “a sign of sure hope and solace to the people of God during its sojourn on earth” (Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, VIII, V).  It is a sign, the sign that God has placed for us.  If we do not follow it, we will lose our way.  For there are signposts in the spiritual life, that are to be adhered to.  They show to us “who still journey on earth surrounded by dangers and difficulties” (ibid., 62), the Mother who has already reached her destination.  Who better than she can accompany us on the journey?  What are we waiting for?  Just as the disciple beneath the cross received the Mother, “took her to his own home”, says the Gospel (Jn 19:27), so we too invite Mary to our home, into our hearts, our lives. (Pope Francis, Homily, Basilica of Saint Mary Major, 28 January 2018)

Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi / Most High Servant,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih / Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love 
(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)

My vocation is Blessed and Saints.

"I am the most humble of all the Saints in Heaven" Mary, Mother of God."

"I am the handmaid of the Lord, said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me."

Mother Mary is the most humble Saint in Heaven and she is also the Mother of God for us all
(Luke 1:38)