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Isaias 38, 1-6. 21-22. 7-8
Isaias 38, 10. 11. 12abkd. 16

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

Mateo 12, 1-8

Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
Isaias 38, 1-6. 21-22. 7-8

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Isaias

Noong mga araw na iyon, nagkasakit nang malubha si Ezequias, kaya siya’y dinalaw ni Isaias na anak ni Amoz. Sinabi niya sa hari ang utos na ito ng Panginoon: “Ipatawag mo ang iyong sambahayan at gawin mo na ang iyong mga huling habilin, sapagkat hindi ka na gagaling.” Pagkarinig nito, humarap siya sa dingding at nanalangin! “O Panginoon, alam mo kung paano ako namuhay sa iyong harapan. Naglingkod ako sa iyo nang tapat at ang ginawa ko’y pawang nakalulugod sa iyong paningin.” Pagkatapos, nanangis siya nang malakas. Nagsalita uli ang Panginoon kay Isaias. Wika sa kanya, “Sabihin mo kay Ezequias ang sinasabi ng Panginoon, ang Diyos ng iyong ninunong si David: ‘Nakita ko ang iyong pagluha at narinig ko ang iyong dalangin; kaya labinlimang taon ka pang mabubuhay. Hindi lamang iyon, ikaw at ang lungsod na ito’y hindi maaano, pagkat ipagtatanggol ko kayo laban sa hari ng Asiria.’”

Si Isaias ay nagpakuha ng pantapal na igos para sa bukol ni Ezequias; gumaling naman ito. At itinanong ni Ezequias, “Ano ang magiging palatandaan na ako’y maaari nang umakyat sa Templo?”

“Ito ang palatandaang ibibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon para patunayang tutupdin niya ang kanyang pangako. Ang anino sa orasan sa palasyo ni Haring Acaz ay pababalikin niya ng sampung guhit.” At gayun nga ang nangyari.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Isaias 38, 10. 11. 12abkd. 16

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

Minsa’y nasabi kong
sa katanghalian ng buhay, ako ay papanaw!
Sa daigdig ng patay
ako masasadlak, upang manatili roong walang hanggan.

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

At nasabi ko ring di na makikita
ang Panginoon at sinumang nabubuhay.

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

Katulad ng toldang tirahan ng pastol,
inalis sa akin ang aking tahanan.
Ang abang buhay ko’y
pinuputol mo na tulad ng tela sa isang habihan.

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

O Poon,
ang mga nilikha ay nabubuhay dahilan sa iyo,
ako’y pagalingin at ang aking lakas sana’y ibalik mo.

Buhay ko’y ‘yong iniligtas,
pag-iral ko’y walang wakas.

ALELUYA
Juan 10, 27

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Ang tinig ko’y pakikinggan
ng kabilang sa ‘king kawan,
ako’y kanilang susundan.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 12, 1-8

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, isang Araw ng Pamamahinga, naparaan si Hesus sa triguhan. Nagutom ang kasama niyang mga alagad kaya’t nangitil sila ng uhay at kinain ang mga butil. Nang makita ito ng mga Pariseo, sinabi nila sa kanya, “Tingnan mo ang ginagawa ng iyong mga alagad. Bawal iyan kung Araw ng Pamamahinga.” Sumagot si Hesus, “Hindi ba ninyo nabasa ang ginawa ni David nang magutom siya at ang kanyang mga kasama? Pumasok siya sa bahay ng Diyos at kumain ng tinapay na handog sa Diyos at pinakain din niya ang kanyang mga kasama. Labag sa Kautusan na kanin nila ang tinapay na iyon sapagkat ang mga saserdote lamang ang may karapatang kumain niyon. Hindi pa ba ninyo nababasa sa Kautusan ni Moises na tuwing Araw ng Pamamahinga, lumalabag sa batas tungkol sa araw na ito ang mga saserdote sa templo, gayunma’y hindi nila ipinagkakasala iyon? Sinasabi ko sa inyo, naririto ang isang higit na dakila kaysa templo. Hindi sana ninyo hinatulan ang mga walang sala kung alam ninyo ang kahulugan ng mga salitang ito, ‘Habag ang ibig ko, hindi hain.’ Sapagkat ang Araw ng Pamamahinga ay nasa ilalim ng kapangyarihan ng Anak ng Tao.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN

Ika-15 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Biyernes

Manalangin tayo sa pamamagitan ni Kristo at sambahin natin ang Amang nasa Langit sa ating pananampalataya, pag-ibig, at mahabaging awa.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Panginoon ng awa, basbasan Mo kami.

Ang mga Kristiyano saanman nawa’y hindi maging mga taong ang kilos ay legalismo at panlabas lamang kundi maging mga taong may puso na ginagawa ang nararapat bilang mga anak ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga bansa sa mundo nawa’y matutong gumalang at tumulong sa isa’t isa at hindi maggamitan lamang kundi makipag-ugnayan ayon sa katarungan at pagkakasundo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ayon sa udyok ng habag ni Kristo, nawa’y hindi natin hatulan ang mga nagkakamali kundi bigyan pa sila ng bagong pagkakataon, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at mga nagdurusa nawa’y tumanggap ng tulong mula sa mga taong may kakayahan at pamamaraan na pagaanin ang kanilang pinapasan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y mamahinga sa kalipunan ng mga banal sa piling ng Diyos, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Panginoong Diyos, huwag mo kaming hingan ng anumang sakripisyo maliban sa tunay na pagbabalik-loob, tapat na pananampalataya, at paglilingkod na may pagmamahal. Bigyan mo kami ng lakas at dumito ka sa amin ngayon at magpasawalang hanggan. 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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