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Lunes sa Walong Araw na Pagdiriwang
ng Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay

Mga Gawa 2, 14. 22-33
Salmo 15, 1-2a at 5. 7-8. 9-10. 11

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

Mateo 28, 8-15

Monday within the Octave of Easter (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Mga Gawa 2, 14. 22-33

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Noong Araw ng Pentekostes, tumayo si Pedro at ang labing-isang apostol, at nagsalita nang malakas, “Mga kababayan, at mga naninirahan sa Jerusalem: pakinggan ninyong mabuti ang aking sasabihin.

“Mga Israelita, pakinggan ninyo ito! Si Hesus na taga-Nazaret ay sinugo ng Diyos. Pinatutunayan ito ng mga himala, mga kababalaghan, at mga tandang ginawa ng Diyos sa pamamagitan niya. Alam ninyo ito sapagkat lahat ay naganap sa gitna ninyo. Ngunit ang taong ito na ibinigay sa inyo ayon sa pasiya at pagkaalam ng Diyos sa mula’t mula pa, ay ipinapako ninyo at pinapatay sa mga makasalanan. Subalit siya’y muling binuhay ng Diyos at pinalaya sa kapangyarihan ng kamatayan. Hindi ito maaaring mamayani sa kanya, gaya ng sinabi ni David:

‘Nakita ko na laging nasa tabi ko ang Panginoon,
Siya’y kasama ko kaya’t hindi ako matitigatig.
Dahil dito, nagalak ang puso ko at umawit sa tuwa ang aking dila, at ang katawan ko’y nahihimlay na may pag-asa.
Sapagkat ang kaluluwa ko’y di mo pababayaan sa daigdig ng mga patay,
At hindi mo itutulot na mabulok ang iyong Banal.
Ituro mo sa akin ang mga landasing patungo sa buhay,
dahil sa ikaw ang kasama ko,
ako’y mapupuspos ng kagalakan.’

“Mga kapatid, masasabi ko sa inyo nang tiyakan na ang patriyarkang si David ay namatay at inilibing; naririto ang kanyang libingan hanggang ngayon. Siya’y propeta at nalalaman niya ang pangako sa kanya ng Diyos: na magiging haring tulad niya ang isa sa kanyang mga inapo. Ang muling pagkabuhay ng Mesias ang nakita’t hinulaan ni David nang kanyang sabihin:

‘Hindi siya pinabayaan sa daigdig ng mga patay;
At hindi itinulot na mabulok ang kanyang katawan.’

Itong si Hesus ay muling binuhay ng Diyos, at saksi kaming lahat sa bagay na ito. Nang itaas siya sa kanan ng Diyos, tinanggap niya sa kanyang Ama ang ipinangakong Espiritu Santo at ito’y kanyang ipinagkaloob sa amin, tulad ng inyong nakikita at naririnig ngayon.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 15, 1-2a at 5. 7-8. 9-10. 11

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

o kaya: Aleluya.

O Diyos, ako’y ingatan mo, ingatan ang iyong lingkod,
ang hangad ko ay maligtas kaya sa ‘yo dumudulog;
“Ika’y aking Panginoon,” ang wika ko sa aking Diyos,
“Kabutihang tinanggap ko, ay ikaw ang nagkaloob.”
Ikaw lamang, O Poon ko, ang lahat sa aking buhay,
ako’y iyong tinutugon sa lahat kong kailangan.

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

Pinupuri ko ang Poon na sa akin ay patnubay.
Kahit gabi diwa niya ang sa aki’y umaakay.
Nababatid ko na siya’y kasama ko oras-oras.
sa piling n’ya kailanma’y hindi ako matitinag.

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

Kaya’t ako’y nagdiriwang, ang diwa ko’y nagagalak,
ang lagi kong nadarama’y hindi ako matitinag.
Pagkat di mo tutulutang ang mahal mo ay malagak,
sa balon ng mga patay upang doon ay maagnas.

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

Ituturo mo ang landas na buhay ang hahantungan,
sa piling mo’y madarama ang lubos na kagalakan;
ang tulong mo’y nagdudulot ng ligayang walang hanggan.

D’yos ko, ang aking dalangi’y
ako’y iyong tangkilikin.

ALELUYA
Salmo 117, 24

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Araw ngayong gawa ng D’yos,
magdiwang tayo nang lubos.
Purihin ang Manunubos.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 28, 8-15

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, dali-daling umalis ang mga babae ng libingan. Pinagharian sila ng magkahalong takot at galak. At patakbong nagpunta sa mga alagad upang ibalita ang nangyari.

Ngunit sinalubong sila ni Hesus at binati. At lumapit sila, niyakap ang kanyang paa at sinamba siya. Sinabi sa kanila ni Hesus, “Huwag kayong matakot! Humayo kayo at sabihin sa mga kapatid ko na pumunta sila sa Galilea, at makikita nila ako roon!”

Pagkaalis ng mga babae, pumunta naman sa lungsod ang ilan sa mga kawal na nagbabantay sa libingan at ibinalita sa mga punong saserdote ang lahat ng nangyari. Nagtipun-tipon ang mga ito at matapos makipagpulong sa matatanda ng bayan, sinuhulan nang malaki ang mga kawal. At inutusan sila na ganito ang ipinamalita, “Samantalang natutulog kami kagabi, naparito ang kanyang mga alagad at ninakaw ang kanyang bangkay.” Sinabi pa nila, “Huwag kayong mag-alaala, makarating man ito sa gobernador. Kami ang bahala!” Tinanggap ng mga bantay ang salapi at ginawa ang bilin sa kanila. Hanggang ngayon, ito pa rin ang sabi-sabi ng mga Judio.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Unang Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Lunes

Sa gitna ng ating kagalakan dahil nagtagumpay si Kristo sa Kamatayan at siya ay niluwalhati, ilapit natin sa Diyos Ama ang ating mga pangangailangan.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Diyos na nagtagumpay, pagpalain Mo kami.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y magpanibago kay Kristong Muling Nabuhay at maghatid ng mensahe ng pag-asa at pag-ibig sa buong mundo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinuno ng pamahalaan nawa’y hindi matakot mamuhay ayon sa katotohanan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang kapayapaan ng Panginoong Muling Nabuhay nawa’y manahan sa ating mga puso at sa ating mga tahanan at lumaganap sa buong mundo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo bilang isang pamayanan nawa’y magbahagi sa lahat ng ating nakakadaupang-palad ng masayang balita ng Muling Pagkabuhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mananampalatayang namayapa, sa kanilang pagkamatay na kasama ni Kristo nawa’y makabahagi sila sa kanyang kaluwalhatian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos na aming Ama, idinadalangin namin na ang kagalakan ng Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay ay tumimo nawa sa aming mga isip at puso at lalo kaming ilapit sa iyo. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

WHEN WAR SPREADS, WHO IS SAFE?

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I am deeply concerned about the continuing escalation of the war in the Middle East. What began with American and Israeli attacks on Iran last February has developed into a wider regional conflict, with Iran retaliating against American military installations in several Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Iran maintains that it has nothing against its Gulf Arab neighbors and that its targets are mainly American military facilities located within their territories. But the consequences of these attacks are being felt far beyond the military bases. Civilian lives, airports, energy facilities and international shipping are being placed at risk.

Saudi Arabia has also been drawn into the conflict, with renewed missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement. Just this weekend, attacks were reported near Riyadh’s international airport. The danger is that countries which have sought to avoid direct involvement in the war are nevertheless being drawn into its expanding circle of violence.

My apprehension is not only for the citizens of these Gulf countries, but also for the millions of Filipinos who live and work there. According to Philippine government estimates reported in March 2026, there are approximately 2.35 million Filipinos in the six Gulf states: 975,000 in the UAE, 813,000 in Saudi Arabia, 250,000 in Qatar, 211,000 in Kuwait, 56,000 in Bahrain and 49,000 in Oman. These are our fellow Filipinos who have left their families behind to earn a living abroad. Their safety and welfare must remain a priority for our government.

I am equally troubled by Israel’s continuing involvement in the war against Iran, even as its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon continue. In Gaza, Palestinians are still dying despite the ceasefire, while families displaced by the war are forced to live among the ruins of their destroyed homes. In Lebanon, renewed Israeli strikes and exchanges of fire with Hezbollah threaten to unravel the fragile ceasefire. How much more suffering must ordinary people endure before the parties involved seriously commit themselves to peace?

This situation has become a personal concern for me as well. I am scheduled to travel to Rome for meetings in early October, taking an Emirates flight that will transit through the UAE. During my previous trip to Rome, I deliberately avoided the Gulf region and took a China Airlines flight through Beijing instead. I now find myself wondering whether I should have made the same choice for this forthcoming journey.

There is another dimension to this war that troubles me deeply: the growing use of artificial intelligence in modern warfare. Reports indicate that AI-assisted systems have already been used in military targeting operations against Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon. These technologies can accelerate the identification and selection of targets, compressing decisions that once took hours into mere minutes or seconds.

At the same time, leading AI developers themselves have been warning about the growing difficulty of understanding and controlling the behavior of increasingly powerful AI systems. This raises a disturbing question: Could AI-assisted military decision-making have contributed to the speed and scale of this recent escalation? We do not yet have sufficient evidence to answer that question. But it is a question that urgently deserves investigation, especially as the race toward artificial superintelligence continues.

Are we allowing the development of technologies that can accelerate the machinery of war faster than human wisdom, moral discernment and diplomacy can restrain it?

I pray that the leaders of the nations involved will find the courage to step back from this dangerous escalation and return to the negotiating table. Peace cannot be achieved simply by developing more sophisticated weapons or by threatening one another with greater destruction.

The lives of millions of innocent people, including our own Filipino brothers and sisters working in the Middle East, are at stake. We cannot afford to leave their future to the logic of war, much less to machines that may one day operate beyond our capacity to understand and control them.

ALL THE TIME

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Gospel Reading for September 22, 2026 – Luke 8: 19-21

ALL THE TIME

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

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There are those who interpret this Gospel to mean that, for Jesus, Mary and his relatives were not important to him. But why would someone who preached about love ALL THE TIME fail to give importance to the woman who bore him in her womb, nursed him, raised him according to Jewish tradition, and, most of all, whose “yes” was so important for the Father’s plan of salvation to come to fruition?

It was precisely for this reason that Jesus pointed out the quality that made Mary truly blessed: she heard the Word of God and acted on it. Even while dying on the Cross, Jesus entrusted Mary to John, symbolically giving her to all of us as our Mother.

Although it is not mentioned in the Bible, Jesus would naturally have gone outside to see Mary and his relatives. After he began his public ministry at the age of thirty, he no longer lived with Mary. Let us not forget that Jesus was born into a family, and being Jesus, his family surely mattered very much to him.

Lord Jesus, help us always to listen to your Word and to act upon it. Amen.

Everybody hurts

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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II
Tuesday, Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year II, 22 September 2026
Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13     ><))))*> + ><))))*> + ><))))*>     Luke 8:19-21
I pray for all
those suffering today,
Lord Jesus;
for those hoping to see
you, to talk to you even for a while
like your mother and brothers
in the gospel;
why did you not go out to see
them right away?
I felt sad.
And disappointed.

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside annd they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of G0d and act on it” (Luke 8:19-21).

Luke never bothered
to tell us what they wanted
from you, Lord;
but your reply got me praying
more deeply and these
I realized:
you love us so much
Jesus,
your words always in us,
in our hearts
but many times we do not listen;
Mary and your brothers know
that so well
and they never protested;
in fact,
they affirmed your words
by remaining silent,
trusting you as always;
most of all,
your reply teaches us
your disciples
to widen,
to enlarge
the bounds of our family:
if we choose to listen
and act on the Word of God,
we must at the same time
become a member of the
family of Jesus.
Teach us to be like
that king in the first reading
willing to bow
his will and desires to
God despite his power
and authority;
give me a listening heart,
a will so pliant to your ways
so that I may welcome those
trying to get close to you
Jesus because they hurt;
many times our pains
are so pronounced because
we have no room
for those seeking you,
Jesus.
Amen.
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