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Martes sa Walong Araw na Pagdiriwang ng Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay

Mga Gawa 2, 36-41
Salmo 32, 4-5. 18-19. 20 at 22

Awa’t pag-ibig ng Diyos
sa sangkalupaa’y lubos.

Juan 20, 11-18

Tuesday within the Octave of Easter (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Mga Gawa 2, 36-41

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Noong araw ng Pentekostes, sinabi ni Pedro sa mga Judio: “Dapat malaman ng buong Israel na itong si Hesus na ipinako ninyo sa krus – siya ang ginawa ng Diyos na Panginoon at Kristo!”

Nabagabag ang kanilang kalooban nang marinig ito, at tinanong nila si Pedro at ang mga apostol, “Mga kapatid, ano ang gagawin namin?” Sumagot si Pedro, “Pagsisihan ninyo’t talikdan ang inyong mga kasalanan at magpabinyag kayo sa pangalan ni Hesukristo upang kayo’y patawarin; at ipagkakaloob sa inyo ang Espiritu Santo. Sapagkat ang pangako’y para sa inyo at sa inyong mga anak, at sa lahat ng nasa malayo – sa bawat tatawagin ng Panginoong Diyos.”

Marami pa siyang inilahad upang patunayan ang kanyang sinabi, at nanawagan siya sa kanila, “Lumayo kayo sa masamang lahing ito upang kayo’y maligtas.” Kaya’t ang mga naniwala sa kanyang sinabi ay nagpabinyag; at nadagdag sa kanila ang may tatlong libong tao nang araw na iyon.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 32, 4-5. 18-19. 20 at 22

Awa’t pag-ibig ng Diyos
sa sangkalupaa’y lubos.

o kaya: Aleluya.

Panginoo’y tapat sa kanyang salita,
at maaasahan ang kanyang ginawa.
Minamahal niya ang gawang matapat,
ang pag-ibig niya sa mundo’y laganap.

Awa’t pag-ibig ng Diyos
sa sangkalupaa’y lubos.

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

Awa’t pag-ibig ng Diyos
sa sangkalupaa’y lubos.

Ang ating pag-asa’y nasa Panginoon;
siya ang sanggalang natin at katulong.
Ipagkaloob mo na aming makamit,
O Poon, ang ‘yong wagas na pag-ibig,
yamang ang pag-asa’y sa ‘yo nasasalig!

Awa’t pag-ibig ng Diyos
sa sangkalupaa’y lubos.

ALELUYA
Salmo 117, 24

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

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 20, 11-18

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, si Maria’y nakatayong umiiyak sa labas ng libingan; yumuko siya at tumingin sa loob. May nakita siyang dalawang anghel na nakaupo sa pinaglagyan ng bangkay ni Hesus, ang isa’y sa gawing ulunan at ang isa nama’y sa paanan. Tinanong nila si Maria, “Ale, bakit kayo umiiyak?” Sumagot siya, “Kinuha po nila ang aking Panginoon, at hindi ko alam kung saan dinala.” Lumingon siya pagkasabi nito, at nakita niya si Hesus na nakatayo roon, ngunit hindi niya nakilalang si Hesus iyon. Tinanong siya ni Hesus, “Bakit ka umiiyak? Sino ang hinahanap mo?” Akala ni Maria’y siya ang tagapag-alaga ng halamanan, kaya’t sinabi niya, “Ginoo, kung kayo po ang kumuha sa kanya, ituro ninyo sa akin kung saan ninyo dinala at kukunin ko.” “Maria!” ani Hesus. Humarap siya at kanyang sinabi, “Raboni!” – ibig sabihi’y “Guro.” “Huwag mo akong hawakan, sapagkat hindi pa ako nakapupunta sa Ama,” wika ni Hesus. “Sa halip, pumunta ka sa aking mga kapatid at sabihin mong aakyat ako sa aking Ama at inyong Ama, sa aking Diyos at inyong Diyos.” Kaya’t si Maria Magdalena’y pumunta sa mga alagad at sinabi, “Nakita ko ang Panginoon!” At tuloy sinabi sa kanila ang bilin ni Hesus.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Unang Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Martes

Sa pamamagitan ng Ebanghelyo, nagpapahayag sa atin si Kristo sa kanyang mga makapangyarihang salitang walang hanggan at mga gawang nakapagpapagaling. Sa pamamagitan niya, buong pagtitiwala tayong manalangin sa Ama.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama ng Panginoong muling nabuhay, iwaksi Mo ang aming mga takot.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y patuloy na magturo ng katotohanan ni Kristo at labanan ang mga kasamaan ng ating panahon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga namumuno sa mundo nawa’y magtaguyod ng pagiging matuwid sa kanilang mga pamahalaan at maging masigasig sa pagsupog ng kasamaan sa mga pamayanang pinangakuan nilang paglingkuran, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayong lahat na natitipon dito nawa’y manatiling tapat sa ating mga pangako sa Binyag, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y magkaroon ng kagalingan sa panghihina ng kanilang katawan at kaluluwa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y makabahagi sa maluwalhating Muling Pagkabuhay ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

O Diyos, sa pamamagitan ng Kamatayan ng iyong Anak, ibinigay mo sa amin ang pag-asa sa buhay na walang hanggan. Loobin mo na sa pamamagitan ng kanyang Muling Pagkabuhay ay matamo namin ang buhay na aming inaasam. 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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