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Biyernes ng Ika-21 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

1 Corinto 1, 17-25
Salmo 32, 1-2. 4-5. 10ab-11

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

Mateo 25, 1-13

Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time (Green)

UNANG PAGBASA
1 Corinto 1, 17-25

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Corinto

Mga kapatid, sapagkat sinugo ako ni Kristo, hindi upang magbinyag kundi upang mangaral ng Mabuting Balita. Ipinangaral ko nga ito, ngunit hindi sa pamamagitan ng pananalitang batay sa karunungan ng sanlibutan upang sa gayo’y hindi mawalan ng kabuluhan ang kamatayan ni Kristo sa krus.

Sa mga napapahamak, ang aral tungkol sa pagkamatay ni Kristo sa krus ay kahangalan; ngunit sa atin na mga inililigtas, ito’y kapangyarihan ng Diyos. Sapagkat nasusulat, “Sisirain ko ang karunungan ng marurunong, at pawawalang-kabuluhan ang katalinuhan ng matatalino.” Ano ang kabuluhan ngayon ng marurunong, ng mga eskriba, ng mahuhusay na dibatista sa daigdig na ito? Ipinakilala ng Diyos na ang karunungan ng sanlibutang ito ay kamangmangan.

Sapagkat ayon sa karunungan ng Diyos, hindi niya itinulot na siya’y makilala ng tao sa pamamagitan ng karunungan ng sanlibutang ito. Sa halip, minarapat niyang ang mga nananalig sa kanya’y iligtas sa pamamagitan ng Mabuting Balita na aming ipinangangaral ngunit ipinalalagay naman ng sanlibutan na isang kahangalan. Ang mga Judio’y humihingi ng kababalaghan bilang katunayan. Karunungan naman ang hinahanap ng mga Griego. Ngunit ang ipinangangaral nami’y si Kristong ipinako sa krus – isang katitisuran sa mga Judio at kahangalan para sa mga Hentil. Subalit sa mga tinawag ng Diyos, maging Judio at Griego, si Kristo ang kapangyarihan at karunungan ng Diyos. Sapagkat ang inaakala nilang kahangalan ng Diyos ay karunungang higit kaysa lahat ng karunungan ng tao, at ang inaakala namang kahinaan ng Diyos ay lakas na higit sa lahat ng kalakasan ng tao.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 32, 1-2. 4-5. 10ab-11

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

Lahat ng matuwid dapat na magsaya
dahil sa ginawa ng Diyos sa kanila;
Kayong masunuri’y magpuri sa kanya!
Ang Panginoong Diyos ay pasalamatan,
tugtugin ang alpa’t awit ay saliwan.

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

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 binabalangkas niyong mga bansa,
kanyang nababago’t winawalang-bisa.
Ngunit ang mga panukala ng Diyos,
ay mamamalagi’t walang pagkatapos.

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

ALELUYA
Lucas 21, 36

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Manalanging walang humpay
samantalang hinihintay
si Hesus na Poong mahal.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 25, 1-13

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa kanyang mga alagad ang talinghagang ito: “Dito maitutulad ang pagpasok sa kaharian ng Diyos: may sampung dalagang lumabas upang sumalubong sa lalaking ikakasal. Bawat isa’y may dalang ilawan. Ang lima sa kanila’y hangal at ang lima’y matalino. Ang mga hangal ay nagdala ng kanilang mga ilawan ngunit hindi nagbaon ng langis. Subalit ang matatalino’y nagdala ng langis bukod pa sa nasa kanilang ilawan. Nabalam ng dating ang lalaking ikakasal, kaya’t inantok silang lahat at nakatulog.

Ngunit nang hatinggabi na’y may sumigaw: ‘Narito na ang lalaking ikakasal! Salubungin ninyo!’ Agad nagbangon ang sampung dalaga at inayos ang kanilang ilawan. Sinabi ng mga hangal sa matatalino, ‘Bigyan naman ninyo kami ng kaunting langis. Aandap-andap na ang aming mga ilawan, e!’ ‘Baka hindi magkasiya ito sa ating lahat,’ tugon ng matatalino. ‘Mabuti pa’y pumunta muna kayo sa nagtitinda at bumili ng para sa inyo.’ Kaya’t lumakad ang limang hangal na dalaga. Samantalang bumibili sila, dumating ang lalaking ikakasal. Ang limang nakahanda ay kasama niyang pumasok sa kasalan, at ipininid ang pinto.

Pagkatapos, dumating naman ang limang hangal na dalaga. ‘Panginoon, papasukin po ninyo kami!’ sigaw nila. Ngunit tumugon siya, ‘Sinasabi ko sa inyo: hindi ko kayo nakikilala.’ Kaya magbantay kayo, sapagkat hindi ninyo alam ang araw ni ang oras.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ika-21 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Biyernes

Ipinapaalala ng mensahe ng Ebanghelyo na dapat tayong maging matalino at nagbabantay. Habang ating hinihintay ang pagdating ng Panginoong Jesus, ipanalangin natin ang mundong kanyang iniligtas.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Banal na Panginoon, gawin Mo kaming tapat sa paglilingkod sa iyo.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y maunawaan ang mga tanda sa ating panahon at tuwinang mapaalalahanan ang Bayan ng Diyos tungkol sa walang hanggang dimensyon ng buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga kabataan nawa’y manatiling umaasa at puno ng sigla sa buhay. Nawa ang kanilang matayog na adhikain ang siyang maging katig nila sa pagsasakatuparan ng mga dakilang bagay sa buhay, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinanghihinaan ng loob at nabigo sa buhay nawa’y huwag palalimin ang kanilang hinanakit at bagkus kumuha ng panibagong lakas at pag-asa mula kay Kristo na nangako sa atin ng kanyang presensya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at mga naghihingalo nawa’y tumingin kay Kristo nang may pag-asa at may pagbabalik-loob na pananampalataya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumao nawa’y makapiling ng Diyos sa kanyang walang hanggang Kaharian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama ng panahon at ng walang hanggan, ipagkaloob mo ang aming mga kahilingan habang aming hinihintay ang pagbabalik ni Kristo, ang iyong biyaya ng walang hanggang karunungan. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong 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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