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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Saint Jerome, one of the four original Western doctors of the Church, is perhaps best known for translating the Bible from Greek (the Septuagint) into Latin (the Vulgate). A remarkable scholar and a sometimes prickly man, Saint Jerome nevertheless believed deeply in the mercy of Christ, as this prayer of Saint Jerome for Christ’s mercy abundantly shows.

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑

𝘖 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘖 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘖 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.

BLIND GUIDES

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Gospel Reading for October 14, 2026 – Luke 11: 42-46

BLIND GUIDES

The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues band greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.” Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”

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During Jesus’ time, touching a grave would make a person ritually unclean for seven days, preventing them from entering the temple to worship God. Hence, people avoided graves, and the Jews often painted tombs white so they would be easy to spot and avoid.

Therefore, when Jesus compared the Pharisees to unseen graves, he meant that people who listened to and accepted their teachings unknowingly became unclean.

It is no wonder that Jesus seemed to have lost patience with the Pharisees. Who would not? As Jesus described in Matthew 23:16–19, they were BLIND GUIDES who led people astray through their hypocrisy.

This was a serious matter for Jesus, who came to be the Saviour, because how could people be saved if they listened to the Pharisees? How could the Pharisees themselves be saved when they did not even understand what salvation meant?

When we examine the way we live our lives, are we leading people to Jesus, or are we leading them astray?

Lord Jesus, may we be truly Christians in word and in deed. Amen.

Be my everything, Jesus

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Wednesday, Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 14 October 2026
Memorial of St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr
Galatians 5:18-25     ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'> + ><]]]]'>     Luke 11:42-46
Photo by author, Sacred Heart Novitiate, Novaliches, QC, March 2024.
Be my everything,
Jesus: it is not enough
I follow you because along
the way, I can still stop and roam
around, following my many desires,
the restless longings of my heart
for selfish interests;
teach how to imitate St. Paul
in "crucifying my flesh with its
passions and desires" (Galatians 5:24).
But, 
what is to crucify my flesh
with its passions and desires?

Simply let me focus on you alone,
Jesus, making you the measure of
everything I shall do,
to search for you in everyone I meet,
to bring you out with everyone I meet;
to see more the bigger picture 
of life by resisting the works
of the flesh like "immorarilty,
impurity, licentiousness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy,
outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness,
dissensions, factions, occasions of envy,
drinking bouts, orgies, and the like"
(Galatians 5:19-21).


Keep me aware, 
Jesus,
that as my desires for comfort and ease
are bottomless, 
I shall never be satisfied within
if I see more the things than the persons,
or give much emphasis on my self
than others like the sick and suffering;
let me search for the bigger pictures
of life's many realities like your
plans for eternity so that I may strive more
to crucify my flesh with its passions
and desires by forgetting my little self
I always inflate to look larger than others;
may I give the chance for the Holy Spirit 
to win me over, bearing fruits of
“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
generosity, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23).
Amen.
Photo by author, Chapel of Our Lady of Ephesus, Bella Rosa Gardens, Silang, Cavite, 07 October 2026.

Just energy transition sa Semirara

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Mga Kapanalig, just energy transition now! 

Ito ang panawagan ng Diyosesis ng San Jose de Antique kung saan nakapaloob ang isla ng Semirara. Sa pastoral appeal na inilabas ni Bishop Marvyn Maceda, nanawagan ang diyosesis para sa maayos at makatarungang paghinto ng mining operations sa Semirara. 

Sa pangunguna ng Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (o SMPC), isinasagawa sa isla ang pinakamalaking coal mining operations sa Pilipinas. (Ang coal ay batong uling na sinusunog para makalikha ng kuryente.) Halos limang dekada na ang SMPC doon sa ilalim ng kontratang nag-umpisa pa noong 1977 at mag-e-expire na sa susunod na taon. Rejected ang bid ng SMPC para i-extend ang kanilang kontrata. Binuksan ang bidding nitong Pebrero pero na-postpone noong Abril dahil sa pagsasaayos ng terms of reference ng Department of Energy (o DOE). Hindi pa malinaw kung ano ang mangyayari sa mining operations sa isla kaya hindi rin malinaw kung ano ang kahihinatnan ng libu-libong nagtatrabaho sa minahan.  

Ayon kay Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, presidente ng Caritas Philippines, dating tahanan ang Semirara ng halos lahat ng kilalang species ng mangroves. Ang mga komunidad ay nabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng pangingisda at seaweed farming, salamat sa mayabong na ecosystem ng isla. Pero binago ito ng limang dekadang pagmimina roon. Ang lupa, dagat, at kabuhayan ng mga tao ay isinakripisyo para sa kita. Dagdag pa ni Bishop Alminaza, ginawa ang mga desisyon tungkol sa sinasabing kaunlaran ng mga tao sa mga board rooms, malayo sa isla at mga komunidad. Kinukondena niya hindi ang mga manggagawa o ang mga taga-Semirara na nagtatrabaho sa minahan kundi ang sistemang itinulak silang pumili sa pagitan ng trabaho o pagsira sa kapaligiran. Ngayon sila rin ang mga taong agrabyado sa napipintong pagsasara ng SMPC sa isla. 

Walang patid ang Simbahan sa pagtuturo na hindi hiwalay ang pangangalaga sa kalikasan at sa tao. Sa Catholic social teaching na Laudato Si’, binigyang-diin ni Pope Francis na kailangang palitan ang fossil fuels, kabilang ang coal na hinuhukay sa Semirara, na sumisira sa ating kalikasan. Mahalaga ang agarang paglipat sa renewable energy sources habang itinataguyod din ang kapakanan ng mga trabahador na mawawalan ng trabaho dahil sa pagsasara ng mga coal mining projects. Ito ang tinatawag na just energy transition. Sa Laudate Deum naman na akda rin ni Pope Francis, sinasabing kailangang maging malikhain ang mga lider sa pagbuo ng mga tulong sa mga sektor na maaapektuhan ng paglipat sa mas malilinis na pinagkukunan ng enerhiya. 

Balikan natin ang pastoral appeal ng Diyosesis ng San Jose de Antique. Ilan sa mga mungkahi nito ay ang mga sumusunod. 

Una, tutukan ang pag-develop ng renewable energy sources sa isla. Kaugnay nito, dapat palawakin din ang lokal na ekonomiya nang hindi na umasa sa pagmimina ang mga taga-Semirara.  

Pangalawa, i-retrain at ihanda ang mga maaapektuhang trabahador ng minahan. Siguruhing may sapat silang social protection sa pagkawala ng inaasahan nilang trabaho. 

Panghuli, bilisan ang rehabilitasyon ng lupa at katubigang sinira ng pagmimina. 

Ang lahat ng ito ay maaaring ipaloob sa isang just transition roadmap o sa mga kondisyong itatakda sakaling matuloy ang bidding para sa susunod na kontraktor ng minahan. 

Mga Kapanalig, malinaw ang ugnayan ng kalikasan at buhay ng tao. Katulad nga ng paalala sa Mga Awit 104:24, ang buong mundo ay punô ng nilikha ng Diyos. Nilikha Niya ang lahat ng ito—ang tao at kalikasan—ayon sa Kanyang karunungan. Ang pangangalaga at pagtataguyod sa dignidad ng tao at kalikasan ay magkasabay, hindi kailanman magkasalungat. Kapwa silang dapat piliin. Huwad ang kaunlarang isinasantabi o iniiwan ang alinman sa dalawa.

Sumainyo ang katotohanan. 

Veritas Editorial

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