BIYERNES, ENERO 20, 2023

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Biyernes ng Ika-2 Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (I)
o kaya Paggunita kay San Fabian, papa at martir
o kaya Paggunita kay San Sebastian, martir

Hebreo 8, 6-13
Salmo 84, 8 at 10. 11-12. 13-14

Pag-ibig at pagtatapat
ay magkakadaup-palad.

Marcos 3, 13-19

Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time (Green)
or Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr (Red)
or Optional Memorial of St. Sebastian, Martyr (Red)

UNANG PAGBASA
Hebreo 8, 6-13

Pagbasa mula sa sulat sa mga Hebreo

Mga kapatid, ang paglilingkod na ipinagkaloob kay Hesus ay higit na dakila kaysa ipinagkaloob sa kanila, yamang siya’y tagapamagitan ng isang tipang higit na mabuti, sapagkat nasasalig ito sa lalong mahahalagang bagay na ipinangako.

Kung walang kakulangan ang unang tipan, hindi na sana nangailangan ng pangalawa. Ngunit nakita ng Diyos ang pagkukulang ng kanyang bayan, kaya’t sinabi niya,

“Darating ang mga araw,
na ako’y makikipagtipan nang panibago sa bayang Israel
at sa angkan ng Juda,
Hindi tulad ng pakikipagtipan ko sa kanilang mga ninuno,
nang akayin ko sila mula sa Egipto.
Hindi sila naging tapat sa pakikipagtipan sa akin,
kaya’t sila’y pinabayaan ko.
Ito ang aking magiging tipan sa bayang Israel,
pagdating ng mga araw na iyon:
Itatanim ko sa kanilang isip ang aking mga utos,
at iuukit ko ang mga ito sa kanilang puso.
Ako ang magiging Diyos nila,
at sila nama’y magiging bayan ko.
Hindi na kakailanganing ituro ninuman sa kanyang kababayan,
O sabihin sa kanyang kapatid,
‘Kilalanin mo ang Panginoon.’
sapagkat Ako’y kikilalanin nilang lahat,
mula sa pinakaaba hanggang sa pinakadakila.
Sapagkat ipapatawad ko sa kanila ang kanilang mga kasalanan,
at lilimutin ko na ang kanilang mga kasamaan.”

Nang sabihin ng Diyos ang tungkol sa bagong tipan, pinawalan niya ng bisa ang una. At anumang nawawalan ng bisa at naluluma ay malapit nang mawala.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 84, 8 at 10. 11-12. 13-14

Pag-ibig at pagtatapat
ay magkakadaup-palad.

Panginoong Diyos, ipakita mo na ang pag-ibig mong wagas.
Kami ay lingapin at sa kahirapan ay iyong iligtas.
Ang nagpaparangal sa pangalan niya’y kanyang ililigtas,
sa ating lupain ay mananatili ang kanyang paglingap.

Pag-ibig at pagtatapat
ay magkakadaup-palad.

Ang pagtatapatan at pag-iibiga’y magdadaup-palad,
ang kapayapaan at ang katwira’y magsasamang ganap.
Sa balat ng lupa’y pawang maghahari yaong pagtatapat,
at ang katarungan nama’y maghahari mula sa itaas.

Pag-ibig at pagtatapat
ay magkakadaup-palad.

Gagawing maunlad ng Panginoong Diyos itong ating buhay,
ang mga halaman sa ating lupai’y bubungang mainam;
sa harapan niya yaong maghahari’y pawang katarungan,
magiging payapa’t susunod ang madla sa kanyang daan.

Pag-ibig at pagtatapat
ay magkakadaup-palad.

ALELUYA
2 Corinto 5, 19

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Pinagkasundo ni Kristo
ang Diyos at mga tao;
kaya’t napatawad tayo.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 3, 13-19

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, umahon si Hesus sa kaburulan, kasama ang kanyang mga pinili. Humirang siya ng labindalawa na tinawag niyang mga apostol upang maging kasa-kasama niya, suguing mangaral, at bigyan ng kapangyarihang magpalayas ng mga demonyo. Ito ang labindalawang hinirang niya: si Simon na tinagurian niya ng Pedro; si Santiago at si Juan, na mga anak ni Zebedeo, sila’y tinagurian niyang Boanerges, na ibig sabihi’y mapupusok; sina Andres, Felipe, Bartolome, Mateo, Tomas, Santiago na anak ni Alfeo, at Tadeo; si Simon na makabayan, at si Judas Iscariote na siyang nagkanulo sa kanya.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikalawang Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Biyernes

Bilang Banal na Bayan na tinawag ng Diyos sa iba’t ibang pamamaraan upang ipalaganap ang Mabuting Balita ng kanyang Paghahari, iluhog natin ang ating mga pangangailangan sa Ama na nag-aaruga sa atin.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Diyos na tumawag sa amin,
ibahagi Mo sa amin ang Iyong kapangyarihan.

Ang mga tinawag sa Simbahan na mamuno sa Bayan ng Diyos nawa’y magkaroon ng tapang na ipalaganap ang Ebanghelyo ni Jesu-Kristo saanmang sulok ng mundo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naghahanap sa Diyos nawa’y matagpuan nila ang kaliwanagan at buong kaloobang tumugon sa paanyaya ng Diyos na makasama niya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga kabataan nawa’y marinig at makilala nila ang tinig ni Kristo na tumatawag sa kanila sa buhay na paglilingkod, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit nawa’y tumanggap ng kasiyahan at lakas mula sa mga nag-aaruga sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating mga mahal na yumao nawa’y makapahinga sa kapayapaan ni Kristo sa kanyang Kaharian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos Ama sa Langit, tinawag mo kami mula sa mga ordinaryong pagkakataon sa aming buhay; hayaan mo na bigyan kami ng iyong Espiritu ng lakas na bigkasin: “Panginoon, narito ako upang sundin ang kalooban mo.” Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen.

THE POPE WHO NEVER CAME HOME

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As I follow Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic journey through Argentina, I cannot help thinking of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who left Buenos Aires on February 26, 2013, to participate in the conclave following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

I wonder what was going through his mind as he boarded that flight to Rome. He was already 76 years old, and probably expected to return to Buenos Aires after helping elect the next Pope.
But on March 13, he himself was elected. And that was it. He never managed to return to his beloved homeland during the twelve years of his pontificate.

I have heard many beautiful stories about the kind of archbishop Bergoglio was. He lived simply, took public transportation, visited the poor neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, and made himself available to ordinary people.

My journalist friends Gerry O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué, who became close family friends of Bergoglio, have shared touching memories of his warmth and friendship. He baptized their children, shared meals with them, and maintained his friendship with them even after becoming Pope.

Gerry recalls that on February 28, 2013, they had dinner together in Rome and watched on television the historic departure of Benedict XVI from the papacy. Little did they know that their friend Jorge would be elected Pope less than two weeks later.

And now, thirteen years later, another Pope is visiting Argentina. But this Pope has a special connection with Francis.

It was Francis who reached out to the relatively little-known Augustinian Robert Francis Prevost after he had completed his term as Prior General of the Augustinians. In 2014, he appointed him to Chiclayo in Peru, where he was ordained bishop. He became Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015, just a month before I myself received my appointment as Bishop of Kalookan.

I often wonder what conversations the two of them might have had, and what Francis saw in this quiet, unassuming missionary bishop that eventually led him to entrust him with the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023.

Gerry O’Connell has described Prevost as one of Francis’s final surprises. Indeed, he was hardly a household name among the cardinals. Although American by birth, he had spent so much of his life in Peru that he identified deeply with the Peruvian people.

And now this same Robert Francis Prevost, as Pope Leo XIV, is walking the streets of Buenos Aires, visiting the places and meeting the people so dear to Pope Francis.

I find something deeply moving about this. It is almost as though Francis is accompanying Leo in spirit, returning at last to the homeland he loved but never managed to revisit as Pope.

Perhaps this is one of the beautiful mysteries of providence. Sometimes the things we are unable to accomplish in our lifetime are entrusted to others who come after us.

And this makes me wonder about Pope Leo himself. Born in Chicago, formed as a missionary in Peru, and now Bishop of Rome, will he someday be given the opportunity to visit his own homeland as Pope?

I can only imagine what a papal visit to the United States of America would be like, especially at a time when that country is struggling with so many divisions.

For now, as I watch Pope Leo being welcomed by the Argentine people, I cannot help thinking of that elderly Jesuit archbishop who boarded a plane in Buenos Aires thirteen years ago, expecting to come home.

He never did. But perhaps, in a way that only God could have arranged, a part of him has finally come home through his successor.

DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE

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Gospel Reading for November 11, 2026 – Luke 17: 11-19

DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”Then he said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”

————

There was a Samaritan among the lepers, and Samaritans and Jews were enemies. But Jesus did not discriminate against anyone when it came to healing them.

Of the ten lepers, only the Samaritan came back to thank Jesus. The others, who were Jews, perhaps took their healing for granted or simply failed to recognize the need to express their gratitude. After all, the healer was also a Jew. Perhaps the Samaritan’s feeling of unworthiness made him especially grateful to Jesus for healing him despite being an outsider.

We Christians should never take for granted the blessings we receive from God each day. We need to develop a DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE, recognizing that although we do not deserve God’s love, he never fails to shower us with his blessings every day.

When we develop this sense of gratitude, we will also feel compelled to share our blessings with others, especially those in need. In doing so, we fulfill one of the basic teachings of Jesus: to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Lord God, thank you for all the blessings you give us each day. May we learn to share them with others, especially those in need. Amen.

Aral ng kapa ni San Martin ng Tours

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Lawiswis ng Salita ni P. Nicanor F. Lalog II, Ika-11 ng Nobyembre 2026
Ang aming Patron sa Bukawe, Bulacan.
Mula pa sa aming pagkabata
doon sa bayan ng Bukawe sa Bulacan
palaging nilalarawan 
kabutihan ng aming Patron mahal 
San Martin ng Tours sa France 
kung paano niyang hinati 
kanyang kapa upang damitan
ang giniginaw na dukhang matanda
nakasalubong niya sa daan.

Kinagabihan kanyang napanaginipan
Panginoong Jesus sa kanyang paanan
tangan-tangan kapang ibinigay sa 
matandang tinulungan,
katunayan ng kanyang turo
ano mang kabutihan
ang inyong gawin sa maliliit  
ay siya rin ninyong ginagawa 
sa Kristo na sa atin nakipanahan.

Nguni't hindi lamang iyon ang hiwaga
ng kapa ng ating Patrong mahal 
na dating kawal, 
sanay sa mga digmaan:
nang siya ay mabinyagan, 
hinasa niya kanyang isipan  
sa mga aral ng pananampalataya
dinalisay sa pananalangin
upang lubos mapaangkin sa Panginoon natin.

Upang maging mataimtim 
sa kanyang pananalangin, 
nagtutungo si San Martin sa kagubatan
at hinuhubad suot niyang kapa 
tanda ng kababaang-loob sa Panginoon,
sinasampay, sinasabit sa mga halaman
upang sakali man siya ay hanapin
madali siyang tuntunin 
sa kapa niyang nakabitin.

"Chapele" sa wikang Pranses
ang salitang salin ng "kapa" 
na siyang pinagmulan ng "kapilya"
na isang munting pook-dalanginan
tulad ng tinutunguhan ni San Martin
noon upang Diyos ay makapisan;
pagnilayan at tularan kaugalian
nitong si San Martin ng Tours
hinubad kanyang "kapa" sagisag ng
kapangyarihan at katanyagan
upang maramtan ng kabanalan
ni Kristo-Jesus na "hinubad kanyang 
pagiging katulad ng Diyos upang mamuhay 
bilang alipin tulad natin" (Fil.2:7)!

San Martin ng Tours,
ipanalangin mo kami!
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