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Huwebes sa Ika-4 na Linggo ng Apatnapung Araw na Paghahanda

Exodo 32, 7-14
Salmo 105, 19-20. 21-22. 23

Panginoong masintahin,
ang bayan mo’y gunitain.

Juan 5, 31-47

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Exodo 32, 7-14

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ng Exodo

Noong mga araw na iyon, sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, “Balikan mo ngayon din ang mga Israelitang inialis mo sa Egipto, naroon at nagpapakasama. Tinalikdan nila agad ang mga utos ko. Gumawa sila ng guyang ginto. Iyon ang sinasamba nila ngayon at hinahandugan. Ang sabi nila’y iyon ang diyos na nag-alis sa kanila sa Egipto. Kilala ko ang mga taong iyan at alam kong matigas ang kanilang ulo. Kung gusto mo, lilipulin ko sila at sa iyo ko pagmumulain ang isang malaking bansa.”

Nagsumamo si Moises sa Panginoon, “Huwag po! Huwag ninyong lilipulin ang mga taong inialis ninyo sa Egipto sa pamamagitan ng inyong kapangyarihan. Kapag nilipol ninyo sila, masasabi ng mga Egipcio na ang mga Israelita’y inialis ninyo sa Egipto upang lipulin sa kabundukan. Huwag na po kayong magalit sa kanila at huwag na ninyong ituloy ang inyong balak laban sa kanila. Alalahanin ninyo ang mga lingkod ninyong sina Abraham, Isaac at Jacob. Ipinangako ninyo sa kanila na ang lahi nila’y pararamihin tulad ng mga bituin sa langit at magiging kanila habang panahon ang lupaing ipinangako ninyo.” Hindi nga itinuloy ng Panginoon ang balak na paglipol sa mga Israelita.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 105, 19-20. 21-22. 23

Panginoong masintahin,
ang bayan mo’y gunitain.

Sa may Bundok ng Horeb, doon ay naghugis niyong gintong baka,
matapos mahugis ang ginawa nila’y kanilang sinamba.
Ang dakilang Diyos ay ipinagpalit sa diyos na nilikha,
sa diyos na baka na ang kinakain ay damong sariwa.

Panginoong masintahin,
ang bayan mo’y gunitain.

Kanilang nilimot ang Panginoong Diyos, ang Tagapagligtas,
na yaong ginawa doon sa Egipto’y kagila-gilalas.
Sa lupaing iyon ang ginawa niya’y tunay na himala.
Sa Dagat na Tambo yaong nasaksihan ay kahanga-hanga.

Panginoong masintahin,
ang bayan mo’y gunitain.

Ang pasiya ng Diyos sa ginawa nila’y lipulin pagdaka,
agad na dumulog sa Poon, si Moises namagitan siya,
at hindi natuloy yaong kapasiyahan na lipulin sila.

Panginoong masintahin,
ang bayan mo’y gunitain.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Juan 3, 16

Pag-ibig sa sanlibutan
ng D’yos ay gayun na lamang,
kanyang Anak ibinigay
upang mabuhay kailanman
ang nananalig na tunay.

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 5, 31-47

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa mga Judio: “Kung ako lamang ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa aking sarili, huwag ninyong tanggapin, ngunit may ibang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, at totoo ang kanyang sinasabi. Nagpasugo kayo kay Juan, at nagpatotoo siya tungkol sa katotohanan. Hindi sa kailangan ko ang patotoo ng tao; sinasabi ko lamang ito para maligtas kayo. Si Juan ay parang maningas na ilaw na nagliliwanag noon, at kayo’y sandaling nasiyahan sa kanyang liwanag. Ngunit may patotoo tungkol sa akin na higit sa patotoo ni Juan: ang mga gawang ipinagagawa sa akin ng Ama, at siya ko namang ginaganap – iyan ang nagpapatotoo na ako’y sinugo niya. At ang Amang nagsugo sa akin ay nagpapatotoo rin tungkol sa akin. Kailanma’y hindi ninyo narinig ang kanyang tinig, at nakita ang kanyang anyo. Walang pitak sa inyong puso ang kanyang salita, sapagkat hindi kayo nananalig sa akin na sinugo niya. Sinasaliksik ninyo ang mga Kasulatan, sa paniwalang doon ninyo matatagpuan ang buhay na walang hanggan. Ang mga ito ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, ngunit ayaw naman ninyong lumapit sa akin upang kayo’y magkaroon ng buhay.

“Hindi ako naghahangad ng parangal ng mga tao. Ngunit kilala ko kayo; alam kong wala kayong pag-ibig sa Diyos. Naparito ako sa ngalan ng aking Ama, at ayaw ninyo akong tanggapin. Kung may ibang pumarito sa kanyang sariling pangalan, siya’y inyong tatanggapin. Ang hinahangad ninyo’y ang parangal ng isa’t isa, at hindi ang parangal na nanggagaling sa iisang Diyos; paano kayong makapaniniwala? Huwag ninyong isiping ako ang magsasakdal sa Ama laban sa inyo; si Moises na inaasahan ninyo ang siyang maghaharap ng sakdal laban sa inyo. Kung talagang pinaniniwalaan ninyo si Moises, ako’y paniniwalaan din sana ninyo, sapagkat sumulat siya tungkol sa akin. Ngunit kung hindi ninyo pinaniniwalaan ang mga sulat niya, paano ninyong paniniwalaan ang mga sinasabi ko?”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikaapat na Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Huwebes

Madalas ay lumilihis tayo sa daan ng Panginoon. Humingi tayo sa kanya ng lakas upang makapamuhay tayo nang may pananampalataya.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, lunasan Mo ang aming kawalan ng pananampalataya.

Ang mga Kristiyano sa lahat ng dako nawa’y manalangin nang higit na mataimtim sa panahong ito ng Kuwaresma, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga walang pananampalataya nawa’y makinig sa Salita ng Diyos upang sila ay maligtas, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga kasalukuyang kaguluhan sa Simbahan nawa’y malutas sa paglago ng pananampalataya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mahihirap, maysakit, at mga may kapansanan nawa’y madama ang presensya ng Diyos sa kanilang buhay sa pagtataguyod ng kanilang mga pamilya at kaibigan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y makarating sa kanilang walang hanggang tahanan sa tulong ng ating mga panalangin, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama, turuan mo kami sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu Santo upang hayagan naming aminin ang aming pananampalataya sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na 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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