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.

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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