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Miyerkules ng Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

1 Corinto 3, 1-9
Salmo 32, 12-13. 14-15. 20-21

Mapalad ang ibinukod
na bansang hinirang ng D’yos.

Lucas 4, 38-44

Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 3, 1-9

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

Mga kapatid, hindi ko kayo makausap tulad ng ginagawa ko sa mga taong nagtataglay ng Espiritu. Kailangang kausapin ko kayo bilang mga taong namumuhay ayon sa laman, mga sanggol pa sa pananampalataya kay Kristo. Binigyan ko kayo ng gatas, hindi matigas na pagkain, sapagkat ito’y hindi pa ninyo kaya. At hindi pa ninyo kaya hanggang ngayon sapagkat nananaig pa sa inyo ang laman. Mayroon pa kayong inggitan at alitan at iya’y nagpapakilalang makasanlibutan pa kayo at namumuhay ayon sa laman. Kapag sinabi ng isa, “Ako’y kay Pablo,” at ng iba, “Ako’y kay Apolos,” hindi ba tanda iyan na kayo’y namumuhay pa ayon sa laman?

Sapagkat sino si Apolos? At sino si Pablo? Kami’y mga lingkod lamang ng Diyos na kinasangkapan niya upang akayin kayo sa pananalig kay Kristo. Ginagawa ng bawat isa ang gawaing tinanggap niya sa Panginoon. Ako ang nagtanim, si Apolos ang nagdilig, ngunit ang Diyos ang nagpatubo at nagpalago. Hindi ang nagtatanim ni ang nagdidilig ang mahalaga kundi ang Diyos na siyang nagpapatubo at nagpapalago. Ang nagtatanim at ang nagdidilig ay kapwa manggagawa lamang at bawat isa’y tatanggap ng gantimpala ayon sa kanyang pagpapagal. Kami’y parehong manggagawa ng Diyos, at kayo ang bukirin niya. Kayo rin ang gusali ng Diyos.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 32, 12-13. 14-15. 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.

Nagmamasid siya at namamahala
sa lahat ng tao sa balat ng lupa.
Ang isip nila’y sa kanya nagmula
walang nalilingid sa kanilang gawa.

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
Lucas 4, 18

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Ikaw, Kristo ay sinugo
upang sa dukha’y magturo,
magpalaya sa bilanggo.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Lucas 4, 38-44

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Lucas

Noong panahong iyon, umalis si Hesus sa sinagoga at nagtungo sa bahay ni Simon. Mataas noon ang lagnat ng biyanan ni Simon, kaya’t ipinamanhik nila kay Hesus na pagalingin siya. Tumayo si Hesus sa tabi ng higaan ng babae at iniutos na maalis ang lagnat, at nawala nga ito. Noon di’y tumindig ang maysakit at naglingkod sa kanila.

Paglubog ng araw, ang lahat ng maysakit — anuman ang karamdaman — ay dinala ng kanilang mga kaibigan kay Hesus. Ipinatong niya ang kanyang mga kamay sa bawat isa sa kanila at pinagaling sila. Nagsilabas sa marami ang mga demonyo, sabay sigaw, “Ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos!” Ngunit sinaway sila ni Hesus at hindi pinahintulutang magsalita, sapagkat nakikilala nila na siya ang Mesias.

Nang mag-umaga na, umalis si Hesus at nagpunta sa isang ilang na pook. Hinanap siya ng mga tao, at nang matagpuan ay pinakiusapang huwag munang umalis. Subalit sinabi niya, “Dapat ko ring ipangaral sa ibang bayan ang Mabuting Balita tungkol sa paghahari ng Diyos; sapagkat iyan ang layunin ng pagkasugo sa akin.” At nangaral siya sa mga sinagoga sa Judea.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-22 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Miyerkules

Katulad ng mga taong nagdala kay Jesus ng lahat ng maysakit o sinasapian ng demonyo, dalhin natin sa ating makalangit na Ama ang lahat ng mga taong puspos ng paghihirap, pagkalumbay at nangangailangan ng mapagpagaling na pagmamahal.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Banal na manggagamot, pagalingin Mo kami.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y mapalaya ang mga tao sa anumang hadlang upang maipahayag ang Ebanghelyo sa mga lalaki at babae sa ating panahon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang nagugutom na daigdig lalo na ang mga hindi makatarungang pinagkaitan ng pagkain, damit o kalayaan nawa’y busugin ng Panginoon ng pag-asa at kalakasan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga nagdurusa sa pag-aalala at pagkabahala nawa’y makatagpo kay Kristo ng sandigan bilang Daan, Katotohanan, at Buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga nagdurusa dahil sa pagkakasakit, at may mabigat na pasanin sa buhay, nawa’y makita ang higit na kahulugan ng kanilang buhay sa pagsubok na kanilang hinaharap, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao at nagdadalamhati nawa’y magkaroon ng pag-asa sa Muling Pagkabuhay ni Jesus, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makapangyarihang Ama, bantayan mo ang iyong pamilya; iligtas at arugain kami sapagkat nasa iyo ang lahat ng aming pag-asa. Hinihiling namin ito sa ngalan ni Kristo aming Panginoon. Amen.

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

H.E. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, D.D. Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:59 am

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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

H.E. Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, D.D. Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:57 am

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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

Rev. Fr. Jerico Habunal Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:51 am

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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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