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Sabado ng Ika-21 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

o kaya Paggunita sa Mahal na Birheng Maria tuwing Sabado

1 Corinto 1, 26-31
Salmo 32, 12-13. 18-19. 20-21

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

Mateo 25, 14-30

Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

or Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 1, 26-31

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Corinto

Mga kapatid, alalahanin ninyo ang inyong katayuan nang kayo’y tawagin ng Diyos. Iilan lamang sa inyo ang sa paningin ng sanlibutan ay marunong, makapangyarihan at maharlika. Subalit pinili ng Diyos ang sa palagay ng sanlibutan ay kahangalan upang hiyain ang marurunong, at ang mahihina sa turing ng sanlibutan upang hiyain ang malalakas. Pinili niya ang mga itinuturing na hamak, walang halaga, at walang kabuluhan sa sanlibutang ito upang pawalang-halaga ang itinuturing na dakila sa sanlibutan. Kaya’t walang maaaring magmalaki sa harapan ng Diyos. Sa kanya mula ang ating pakikipag-isa kay Kristo Hesus, na ginawang karunungan natin. Sa pamamagitan niya, tayo’y pinawalang-sala ng Diyos, pinapaging-banal at iniligtas. Kaya nga, tulad ng nasasabi sa Kasulatan, “Ang Panginoon ang dapat ipagmalaki ng may ibig magmalaki.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 32, 12-13. 18-19. 20-21

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

Mapalad ang bansang ang Poon ang Diyos,
mapalad ang bayang kanyang ibinukod.
Magmula sa langit, kanyang minamasdan
ang lahat ng tao na kanyang nilalang.

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

Ang may takot sa Diyos, at nagtitiwala
sa kanyang pag-ibig, ay kinakalinga.
Hindi babayaang sila ay mamatay,
kahit magtaggutom sila’y binubuhay.

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

Ang ating pag-asa’y nasa Panginoon;
siya ang sanggalang natin at katulong.
Dahilan sa kanya, kami’y natutuwa,
sa kanyang ngalan ay nagtitiwala.

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

ALELUYA
Juan 13, 34

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Bagong utos, ani Kristo,
mag-ibigan sana kayo
katulad ng pag-ibig ko.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 25, 14-30

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa kanyang mga alagad ang talinghagang ito: “Ang paghahari ng Diyos ay maitutulad dito: May isang taong maglalakbay, kaya tinawag niya ang kanyang mga alipin at ipinagkatiwala sa kanila ang kanyang ari-arian. Binigyan niya ng salapi ang bawat isa ayon sa kanya-kanyang kakayahan: binigyan niya ang isa ng limang libong piso, ang isa nama’y dalawang libong piso, at ang isa pa’y isang libong piso. Pagkatapos, siya’y umalis. Humayo agad ang tumanggap ng limang libong piso at ipinangalakal iyon. At nagtubo siya ng limang libong piso. Gayun din naman, ang tumanggap ng dalawang libong piso ay nagtubo ng dalawang libong piso. Ngunit ang tumanggap ng isang libong piso ay humukay sa lupa at itinago ang salapi ng kanyang panginoon.

Pagkaraan ng mahabang panahon, bumalik ang panginoon ng mga aliping iyon at pinapagsulit sila. Lumapit ang tumanggap ng limang libo. Wika niya, ‘Panginoon, heto po ang limang libo na bigay ninyo sa akin. Heto pa po ang limang libo na tinubo ko.’ Sinabi sa kanya ng panginoon, ‘Magaling! Tapat at mabuting alipin! Yamang naging tapat ka sa kaunting halaga, pamamahalain kita sa malaking halaga. Makihati ka sa aking kagalakan!’ Lumapit din ang tumanggap ng dalawang libo, at ang sabi, ‘Panginoon, heto po ang ibinigay ninyong dalawang libo. Heto naman po ang dalawang libong piso na tinubo ko.’ Sinabi ng kanyang panginoon, ‘Magaling! Tapat at mabuting alipin! Naging tapat ka sa kaunting halaga, kaya pamamahalain kita sa malaking halaga. Makihati ka sa aking kagalakan.’ At lumapit naman ang tumanggap ng isang libong piso. ‘Alam ko pong kayo’y mahigpit,’ aniya. ‘Gumagapas kayo sa hindi ninyo tinamnan, at nag-aani sa hindi ninyo hinasikan. Natakot po ako, kaya’t ibinaon ko sa lupa ang inyong salapi. Heto na po ang isang libo ninyo.’ ‘Masama at tamad na alipin!’ tugon ng kanyang panginoon. ‘Alam mo palang gumagapas ako sa hindi ko tinamnan at nag-aani sa hindi ko hinasikan! Bakit hindi mo iyan inilagak sa bangko, di sana’y may nakuha akong tubo ngayon? Kunin ninyo sa kanya ang isang libong piso at ibigay sa may sampung libo. Sapagkat ang mayroon ay bibigyan pa, at mananagana; ngunit ang wala, kahit ang kakaunting nasa kanya ay kukunin pa. Itapon ninyo sa kadiliman sa labas ang aliping walang kabuluhan. Doo’y tatangis siya at magngangalit ang kanyang ngipin.’”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-21 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Sabado

Sa ating pagharap sa luklukan ng paghahatol ng Diyos, isusulit natin ang wastong paggamit o pagwawaldas ng mga biyayang ipinagkatiwala sa atin. Sa panalangin, hilingin natin ang tulong ng ating Tagapaglikha.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Panatilihin Mong nag-aalab
ang aming buhay para sa Iyo, O Panginoon.

Ang marami at iba’t ibang biyaya ng kanyang mga kasapi nawa’y mapakinabangan ng Simbahan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno nawa’y igalang ang plano ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pagtatanggol at pagtataguyod sa kahalagahan ng sangnilikha, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang lahat ng tao nawa’y magsalu-salo sa biyaya ng lupa at makiisa ang bawat tao sa pagkakaroon ng makatao at mayamang kaunlaran sa ating bansa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga doktor, mga nars, at yaong mga nasa pangangalaga ng kalusugan nawa’y gamitin ang likas na biyayang bigay sa kanila upang dalhin ang pag-ibig at habag ni Kristo sa mga dukha, nalulumbay, maysakit, at mga bilanggo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa ating mga mahal na yumaong kamag-anak at kaibigan nawa’y ipagkaloob ang walang hanggang kapahingahan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming nasa Langit, tulungan mo kaming manatiling tapat sa mga maliliit na bagay ng buhay upang mapagkatiwalaan mo kami ng mga higit na dakilang bagay kapag pumasok na kami sa iyong Kaharian. 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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