MIYERKULES, ENERO 31, 2024

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Paggunita kay San Juan Bosco, pari

2 Samuel 24, 2. 9-17
Salmo 31, 1-2. 5. 6. 7

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

Marcos 6, 1-6

Memorial of St. John Bosco, Priest (White)

Mga Pagbasa mula sa
Miyerkules ng Ika-4 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

UNANG PAGBASA
2 Samuel 24, 2. 9-17

Pagbasa mula sa ikalawang aklat ni Samuel

Noong mga araw na iyon, inutusan ni David si Joab at lahat ng namumuno sa hukbo niya, “Gawin ninyo ang talaan ng bawat lipi ng Israel mula sa Dan hanggang Beer-seba, at dalhin ninyo agad sa akin.”

Iniulat ni Joab sa hari ang kabuuan ng lahat ng mga lalaking maaaring maglingkod sa hukbo. Sa Israel ay walundaanlibo at sa Juda naman ay limandaanlibo.

Matapos niyang ipatala ang mga tao, inusig siya ng kanyang budhi. Sinabi niya sa Panginoon, “Nagkasala ako nang malaki sa ginawa kong ito, patawarin po ninyo ako sa aking kahangalan.” Kinaumagahan, pagkagising ni david, sa utos ng Panginoon ay pumunta sa kanya si Propeta Gad.

Sinabi nito kay David, “Ito po ang ipinasasabi sa inyo ng Panginoon, ‘Mamili ka kung alin sa tatlong parusang ito ang ibig mong gawin ko sa iyo: Tatlong taong taggutom sa iyong lupain, tatlong buwang pag-uusig sa iyong mga kaaway o tatlong araw na salot!’ Alin ang gusto ninyo para masabi ko sa nagsugo sa akin?”

Sumagot si David, “Hirap na hirap ang aking kalooban sa nangyaring ito. Yamang mahabagin ang Panginoon, ang pipiliin ko’y ang tuwirang parusa niya, kaysa ako’y mahulog pa sa kamay ng mga tao.

Kaya’t ang Panginoon ay nagpadala ng salot sa Israel, anupa’t mula sa Dan hanggang Beer-seba, pitumpunlibong tao ang namatay. Nangyari ito mula nang umagang iyon hanggang sa taning na panahon. Nang iunat ng anghel ang kanyang kamay upang puksain ang mga taga-Jerusalem, sinaway siya ng Panginoon. Nagbago ang pasiya nito at sinabi, “Tama na! Huwag mo nang ituloy!” Ang anghel ng Panginoon ay nakatayo noon sa giikan ni Arauna, isang Jebuseo.

Nang makita ni David ang anghel, sinabi niya sa Panginoon, “Napakalaki ng pagkakasalang nagawa ko sa inyo at ang walang malay na mga tupang ito ang nagdurusa. Ako at ang aking sambahayan ang parusahan ninyo.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 31, 1-2. 5. 6. 7

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

Mapalad ang tao na pinatawad ng yaong kasalanan,
at nalimot na rin ang kanyang nagawang mga pagsalansang;
mapalad ang taong sa harap ng Poon ay di naparatangan
dahilan sa siya ay di nagkasala at hindi nanlinlang.

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

Ako ay lumapit sa iyong harapan at sala’y inamin,
ang aking ginawang mga pagsalansang di ko inilihim;
pinagpasiyahan kong ang lahat ng ito sa iyo’y idaing,
at aking natamo ang iyong patawad sa sala kong angkin.

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

Ang lahat ng tapat, sa panahong gipit dapat manalangin,
upang bumugso man ang malaking baha’y di sila abutin.

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

Kublihan ko’y ikaw, ikaw ang sasagip kung nababagabag,
aking aawitin ang pagkakalinga at ‘yong pagliligtas

D’yos ko, ako’y patawarin
sa aking pagkasuwail.

ALELUYA
Juan 10, 27

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Ang tinig ko’y pakikinggan
ng kabilang sa ‘king kawan,
ako’y kanilang susundan.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 6, 1-6

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, si Hesus ay nagtungo sa sariling bayan, kasama ang kanyang mga alagad. Pagdating ng Araw ng Pamamahinga, nagturo siya sa sinagoga. Nagtaka ang maraming nakarinig sa kanya at nagtanong, “Saan niya nakuha ang lahat ng iyan? Anong karunungan itong ipinagkaloob sa kanya? Paano siya nakagagawa ng mga kababalaghan? Hindi ba ito ang karpinterong anak ni Maria, at kapatid nina Santiago at Jose, Judas at Simon? Dito nakatira ang kanyang mga kapatid na babae, hindi ba?” At siya’y ayaw nilang kilanlin. Kaya’t sinabi ni Hesus sa kanila, “Ang propeta’y iginagalang ng lahat, liban lamang ng kanyang mga kababayan, mga kamag-anak, at mga kasambahay.” Hindi siya nakagawa ng anumang kababalaghan doon, maliban sa pagpapatong ng kanyang kamay sa ilang maysakit upang pagalingin ang mga ito. Nagtaka siya sapagkat hindi sila sumampalataya. At nilibot ni Hesus ang mga nayon sa paligid upang magturo.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikaapat na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Miyerkules

Tinanggihan si Jesus ng sariling niyang kababayan. May pananalig nating tanggapin siya bilang ating Panginoon at Tagapagligtas.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Diyos ng karunungan at lakas, basbasan Mo kami.

Ang mga namumuno sa Simbahan nawa’y ipahayag ang Salita ng Diyos nang may katapangan at isabuhay ito nang may pananalig, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang lahat ng mga Kristiyano nawa’y maging maalab sa pagpapahayag ng Salita ng Diyos sa mundong hindi naniniwala sa kanya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga misyonero nawa’y magkaroon ng tiyaga at hindi manghina ang kalooban sa paghahasik ng mensahe ng Diyos sa mga pook na hindi bukas sa pagtanggap dito, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at yaong mga nabibigatan sa buhay nawa’y makita ang pag-ibig at pagkalinga ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng malasakit ng kanilang mga kapamilya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y magtamasa ng walang hanggang kapayapaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama, buksan mo ang aming mga puso sa iyong Salita. Patawarin mo kami sa mga pagkakataong tinanggihan naming makinig sa iyong katotohanan. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen.

STRONG WORDS FROM THE SC TO CONGRESS: “GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION”

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Thirty-nine years. That is how long Congress has failed to enact the law required by the 1987 Constitution to prohibit political dynasties.

Today the Supreme Court finally said: enough.

In a unanimous decision, the Court declared that Congress has a mandatory constitutional duty to enact an anti-political dynasty law, and that its prolonged failure to do so constitutes “grave abuse of discretion” and a continuing violation of its constitutional duty. The Court directed Congress to act “with utmost urgency” and enact the law “at the earliest opportunity.”

Those are exceptionally strong words.
Article II, Section 26 of our Constitution declares: “The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law.”

For almost four decades, the constitutional command remained largely unrealized because Congress itself was entrusted with defining what constitutes a political dynasty. The Court noted that dynasties have meanwhile remained widespread, extending even into the party-list system.

Perhaps this ruling raises a question larger than political dynasties themselves: What happens when those entrusted with making the law have a personal interest in not making it?

This is precisely why constitutional institutions exist—to place limits on power, including the power of those who make our laws.

Thirty-nine years is long enough.
Congress, the Supreme Court has spoken. Now enact the law.

THE NEW ARMS RACE: AI RACE

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President Donald Trump has reportedly dismissed the growing warnings about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence as a “hoax.” His reason is revealing: America must stay ahead because, as he puts it, “whoever wins AI wins.”

Perhaps that statement itself should set alarm bells ringing.

We have heard this logic before. During the Cold War, one superpower could not stop developing more powerful weapons because the other might get ahead. Each side’s fear became the justification for the other’s escalation. And humanity found itself trapped in an arms race capable of destroying the very civilization it claimed to defend.

The Church did not remain silent.

In 1963, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought humanity frighteningly close to nuclear catastrophe, Pope St. John XXIII issued Pacem in Terris. He called explicitly for “a cessation to the arms race,” for the reduction of armaments, the banning of nuclear weapons, and agreements accompanied by effective systems of mutual control.

Paul VI carried that appeal to the United Nations. John Paul II repeatedly called for an end to the nuclear arms race. Benedict XVI and Francis continued the Church’s advocacy for disarmament, with Francis eventually declaring even the possession of nuclear weapons morally unacceptable.

Today we may be facing a new arms race—the AI race.

It is already inseparable from modern warfare. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into surveillance, targeting, autonomous weapons, cyberwarfare and military decision-making. But an even more fundamental race is taking place among nations and corporations: the race toward increasingly powerful AI—and ultimately toward a possible superintelligence.

The logic sounds disturbingly familiar.

America cannot slow down because China might get ahead.

China cannot slow down because America might get ahead.

One AI company cannot slow down because its competitors might get ahead.

And so nobody can afford to be prudent.

This is why I find it significant that some of the very people building the world’s most powerful AI systems are themselves beginning to call for restraint, regulation, independent monitoring and international cooperation. They are warning us that capabilities are advancing faster than our capacity to understand and control them.

The issue is not whether AI is good or evil. AI has enormous potential for good. The deeper question is whether we are racing toward a point at which human intelligence may no longer be able to hold the reins.

Pope Leo XIV has already given the Church a powerful expression for this in Magnifica Humanitas: we must “disarm AI.”

Perhaps the time has come to translate that principle into a more urgent global appeal—calling together governments, AI developers, scientists, ethicists and religious leaders to consider internationally agreed red lines on the development of superintelligence: reciprocal commitments, independent monitoring, verification and effective safeguards before capabilities are developed that humanity may no longer be able to control.

The Church helped humanity find its moral voice during the nuclear arms race. Perhaps she is being called to exercise that prophetic role again.

Because the real question is not: Who will win the AI race? The question is: What if humanity loses it?

LOVE and COMPASSION

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Gospel Reading for September 17, 2026 – Luke 7: 36-50

LOVE and COMPASSION

A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said.

“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven. The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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The Pharisees seemed to have a lot of time keeping track of what people were doing and putting labels on them. They were particularly fond of labeling people as “sinners.”

The word Pharisee comes from the Hebrew word prushim, which means “separated ones.” They thought of themselves as HOLY simply because they observed practices that kept them from ritual impurity. This explains why Jesus was often angry with them, especially because of their hypocrisy. Their judgmental attitude discouraged the so-called “sinners” from having a change of heart. More often than not, people do not change because of the labels placed on them. It is LOVE and COMPASSION that can change hearts. That is the way of Jesus.

The woman in the Gospel showed genuine repentance, and it touched Jesus’ heart and led Him to forgive her.

As for us, it is only when we recognize and admit that we too are sinners, and sincerely repent of our sins, that we receive God’s forgiveness.

Lord Jesus, may we always be humble enough to admit that we too sin against God and are also in need of Your forgiveness. Amen

Veritas Editorial

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