Miyerkules, Mayo 20, 2026

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Miyerkules sa Ika-7 Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay

o kaya Paggunita kay San Bernardino ng Siena, pari

Mga Gawa 20, 28-38
Salmo 67, 29-30. 33-35a. 35b.-36k

Tanang mga kaharian,
ang Poong D’yos ay awitan.

Juan 17, 11b-19

Wednesday of Seventh Week in Easter (White)

or Optional Memorial of St. Bernadine of Siena, Priest (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Mga Gawa 20, 28-38

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Noong mga araw na iyon, sinabi ni Pablo sa matatanda ng simbahan ng Efeso: “Ingatan ninyo ang inyong sarili at ang lahat ng kabilang sa kawan, sapagkat inilagay sila ng Espiritu Santo sa inyong pag-iingat. Pangalagaan ninyo ang simbahan ng Diyos, na kanyang tinubos sa pamamagitan ng kamatayan ng kanyang sariling Anak. Alam kong pagkaalis ko’y magsisipasok ang mababangis na asong-gubat at walang patawad na sisilain ang kawan. Mula na rin sa inyo’y lilitaw ang mga taong magsasalita ng kasinungalingan upang mapasunod ang mga alagad, at sa gayo’y mailigaw sila. Kaya’t mag-ingat kayo, at alalahanin ninyong tinuruan ko kayo gabi’t araw sa loob ng tatlong taon — at maraming luha ang pinuhunan ko.”

“At ngayo’y itinatagubilin ko kayo sa Diyos at sa kanyang salita na nagpapahayag ng kanyang kagandahang-loob. Siya ang makapagpapatibay sa inyo at makapagbibigay ng lahat ng pagpapalang inilaan niya sa lahat ng kanyang pinapaging-banal. Hindi ko hinangad ang pilak, ginto o pananamit ninuman. Alam ninyong nagbanat ako ng buto upang kumita ng ikabubuhay naming magkakasama. Sa lahat ng pagkakataon, ipinakita ko sa inyo na sa pamamagitan ng ganitong pagpapagal ay dapat ninyong tulungan ang mahihirap. Alalahanin ang mga salita ng Panginoong Hesus: ‘Higit na mapalad ang magbigay kaysa tumanggap.’”

Pagkasabi nito, lumuhod si Pablo at nanalanging kasama nila. Silang lahat ay umiiyak at hinagkan si Pablo. Labis nilang ikinalungkot ang kanyang sinabing siya’y hindi na nila makikita uli. At siya’y inihatid nila sa barko.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 67, 29-30. 33-35a. 35b-36k

Tanang mga kaharian,
ang Poong D’yos ay awitan.

o kaya: Aleluya!

Sana’y iyong ipadama ang taglay mong kalakasan,
ang lakas na ginamit mo noong kami’y isanggalang.
Magmula sa Jerusalem, sa iyong tahanang templo,
na pati ang mga hari doo’y naghahandog sa iyo.

Tanang mga kaharian,
ang Poong D’yos ay awitan.

Umawit sa Panginoon ang lahat ng kaharian,
awitan ang pagpupuri’t ang Poon ay papurihan!
Purihin ang naglalakbay sa matandang kalangitan;
mula roo’y maririnig ang malakas niyang sigaw!

Tanang mga kaharian,
ang Poong D’yos ay awitan.

Ipahayag ng balana ang taglay na kalakasan,
siya’y hari ng Israel, maghahari siyang tunay;
‘yang taglay niyang lakas ay buhat sa kalangitan.
Kahanga-hanga ang Diyos sa santwaryo niyang banal,
siya ang Diyos ng Israel na sa tana’y nagbibigay
ng kapangyariha’t lakas na kanilang kailangan.

Tanang mga kaharian,
ang Poong D’yos ay awitan.

ALELUYA
Juan 17, 17b. a

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Amang D’yos ni Hesukristo,
ang salita mo’y totoo,
kami ay pabanalin mo.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 17, 11b-19

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Noong panahong iyon, si Hesus ay tumingala sa langit, nanalangin at ang wika: “Amang banal, ingatan mo sila sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng iyong pangalan, pangalang ibinigay mo sa akin, upang sila’y maging isa, kung paanong tayo’y iisa. Habang kasama nila ako, iningatan ko sila sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng iyong pangalang ibinigay mo sa akin. Inalagaan ko sila at ni isa’y walang napahamak, liban sa taong humanap ng kanyang kapahamakan, upang matupad ang Kasulatan. Ngunit ngayon, ako’y papunta na sa iyo; at sinasabi ko ito habang ako’y nasa sanlibutan upang mapuspos sila ng aking kagalakan. Naibigay ko na sa kanila ang iyong salita; at kinapootan sila ng sanlibutan, sapagkat hindi na sila makasanlibutan, tulad kong hindi makasanlibutan. Hindi ko idinadalanging alisin mo sila sa sanlibutan, kundi iligtas mo sila sa Masama! Hindi sila makasanlibutan, tulad kong hindi makasanlibutan. Italaga mo sila sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan; ang salita mo’y katotohanan. Kung paanong sinugo mo ako sa sanlibutan, gayun din naman, sinusugo ko sila sa sanlibutan. At alang-alang sa kanila’y itinalaga ko ang aking sarili, upang maitalaga rin sila sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikapitong Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Miyerkules

Habang naghahanda tayo para sa Pentekostes, nalalaman natin na kahit nabubuhay tayo sa mundo, hindi tayo nabibilang sa mundo. Tinatawagan tayo ng katotohanang ito upang manalangin para sa lahat ng tao kaisa ni Kristo na hindi nagnanais na may maligaw ng landas.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, italaga Mo kami sa iyo.

Ang lahat ng Kristiyano nawa’y sumampalataya sa pag-ibig ng Diyos at makatagpo ng pagkakaisa sa nag-iisang Pastol, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naglilingkod sa bayan nawa’y maging saksi sa katotohanan ng kanilang pananampalataya lalo na sa paggamit ng kanilang kapangyarihan at sa pagtupad ng kanilang mga pananagutan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga Kristiyanong tapat sa pananampalataya nawa’y magsikap na maging banal sa kanilang araw-araw na pamumuhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga matatanda, mga nangungulila, mga may kapansanan, at maysakit nawa’y magtiwala sa Diyos na nagpapalakas sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng init ng kanyang presensya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y mabuhay nang walang hanggan kasama ng Diyos ng pag-ibig, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Butihing Ama, habang iniibig namin ang isa’t isa, nabubuhay ka sa amin at nagiging ganap ang iyong pag-ibig na nasa amin. Tanggapin mo ang aming mga panalangin sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

WHEN POWER REJECTS ACCOUNTABILITY

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I listened patiently to President Donald Trump’s speech before the UN General Assembly yesterday. One part that particularly disturbed me was his attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He called it an anti-American tribunal, declared that the United States would never allow its service members to be investigated by it, and urged all ICC member states to withdraw from the institution.

I could not help thinking of the ongoing ICC proceedings involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Whatever our political sympathies, the fundamental question is this: Should any head of state, president, or military commander be beyond accountability for the exercise of power, especially when that power involves decisions over human life and death?

The ICC is not an organ of the United Nations, but an independent international court established under the Rome Statute to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Its mandate is to help ensure that even those who wield the highest political and military authority can be held accountable for serious international crimes.

The ICC proceedings against former President Duterte, whose trial is scheduled to begin on November 30, bring this question very close to home. He is entitled to the presumption of innocence and to a fair trial. The same principle of accountability, however, raises questions about the actions of leaders everywhere, including those of the most powerful nations.

There is something deeply ironic about a president addressing the United Nations while urging its member states to abandon an international institution established to address some of the gravest crimes against humanity. It is especially striking when one recalls the central role the United States played in the founding of the United Nations itself.

Trump’s remarks raise a fundamental question about the future of international justice: Can a system of accountability function when powerful states reject the authority of institutions that may scrutinize their own actions?

The question is not whether the ICC is beyond criticism. Like every institution entrusted with the administration of justice, it must itself be accountable, impartial, and faithful to due process.

The deeper question is whether the international community can sustain a system of justice in which the same standards apply to the powerful and the powerless alike.

A SPEECH THAT LEFT ME DEEPLY DISTURBED

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Yesterday, I watched President Donald Trump deliver his speech before the United Nations General Assembly. It was rather long, but I listened patiently to the end. In fact, I even took the trouble of transcribing the whole speech so that I could study it more carefully.

With a little help from AI, I did a simple word count. I wanted to know how often he used the first-person pronouns “I” and “we,” the latter referring at times to himself and his administration, and at other times to the American nation. I counted 64 instances of “I” and 101 of “we,” not including other forms such as “my,” “me,” “our,” and “us.”

As I listened, I also had the UN Charter in mind. After all, he was addressing an organization founded precisely to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the sovereign equality of nations, to promote human rights, and to settle international disputes by peaceful means.

With some AI assistance, I tried to examine how the main points of his speech squared with these fundamental principles. I was particularly struck by his repeated assertions of American military supremacy, his threats of annihilation against Iran, and his insistence on America’s right to use its military might to secure its national interests.

But beyond the actual words, it was the tone of the speech that disturbed me most. The repeated self-congratulation, the language of domination, the threats of overwhelming military force, and the apparent confidence that the world’s problems could be settled through the exercise of superior power left me with a deeply unsettling feeling.

I found myself wondering: What happens to the international order when the leader of the world’s most powerful country speaks of peace primarily in the language of power?

The UN was founded on the conviction that might does not make right, that even the most powerful nations must be accountable to international law, and that peace cannot be secured simply by threatening to annihilate one’s enemies.

I finished listening to the speech with a sense of foreboding. Not merely because of what President Trump said, but because of the enormous power at his disposal.

When so much destructive power is concentrated in the hands of one leader, the whole world has reason to be concerned about how that power is exercised.

May God help us preserve the fragile peace of our world.

SO CHARISMATIC

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Gospel Reading for September 24, 2026 – Luke 9: 7-9

SO CHARISMATIC

Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” But Herod said, “John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.

————

“And he kept trying to see him.”

Was Herod trying to see Jesus because he thought John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded, had been raised in Jesus? Was his conscience bothering him?

Or maybe Jesus was SO CHARISMATIC that, after hearing so much about him, Herod kept wanting to see him. Perhaps, if Herod had become a follower of Jesus, he would have repented for what he did to John and even separated from Herodias, the woman he was living with.

Jesus, being the Son of God, is truly someone extraordinary. As we read the stories about him and reflect on his teachings, we cannot help but be deeply grateful to God for allowing us to know him through his Son—to know who he truly is and who he will always be.

Lord Jesus, may we always have that deep desire to know you well and love you well, so that we may also love others well. Amen.

Veritas Editorial

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