Biyernes, Mayo 22, 2026

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Biyernes sa Ika-7 Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay

o kaya Paggunita kay Santa Rita ng Cascia, namanata sa Diyos

Mga Gawa 25, 13b-21
Salmo 102, 1-2. 11-12. 19-20ab

Panginoo’y may luklukang
matatag sa kalangitan.

Juan 21, 15-19

Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter (White)

or Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, Religious (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Mga Gawa 25, 13b-21

Pagbasa mula sa Mga Gawa ng Mga Apostol

Noong mga araw na iyon, dumating sa Cesarea si Haring Agripa at si Berenice upang bumati kay Festo. Nang matagal-tagal na sila roon, inilahad ni Festo sa hari ang tungkol kay Pablo. “Si Felix ay may iniwan ditong isang bilanggo,” wika niya. “Nang ako’y nasa Jerusalem, isinakdal siya sa akin ng mga punong saserdote at ng matatanda ng mga Judio at hininging parusahan siya. Sinagot ko sila na hindi ugali ng mga Romano ang magparusa sa sinumang nasasakdal nang hindi muna nagkakaharap ang magkabilang panig, at nagkakaroon ng pagkakataong makapagtanggol sa sarili ang nasasakdal. Kaya’t nang dumating sila rito, hindi na ako nag-aksaya ng panahon; kinabukasan din, ipinatawag ko sa hukuman ang taong iyon. Nang magkaharap-harap sila, siya nama’y hindi nila ipinagsakdal sa anumang mabigat na pagkakasala na inaakala kong ipararatang nila. Ang pinagtatalunan lang nila ay tungkol sa kanilang relihiyon at sa isang taong ang pangala’y Hesus. Patay na ang taong ito, ngunit ipinipilit naman ni Pablo na siya’y buhay. Hindi ko malaman kung ano ang gagawin sa bagay na ito kaya’t tinanong ko siya kung ibig niyang sa Jerusalem siya litisin. Ngunit tumutol si Pablo at hiniling na ipaubaya sa Emperador ang pagpapasiya sa kanyang usapin. Kaya’t pinabantayan ko siya upang ipadala sa Emperador.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 102, 1-2. 11-12. 19-20ab

Panginoo’y may luklukang
>matatag sa kalangitan.

Panginoo’y papurihan, purihin mo, kaluluwa,
ang pangalan niyang banal purihin mo sa tuwina.
Ikaw, aking kaluluwa, ang Diyos ay papurihan,
at huwag mong lilimutin yaong kanyang kabutihan.

Panginoo’y may luklukang
matatag sa kalangitan.

Ang agwat ng lupa’t langit, sukatin ma’y hindi kaya,
gayun ang pag-ibig ng Diyos, sa may takot sa kanya.
Ang silangan at kanluran kung gaano ang distansya
gayung-gayun ang pagtingin sa sinumang nagkasala.

Panginoo’y may luklukang
matatag sa kalangitan.

Ang Poon nga ang nagtayo ng trono sa kalangitan;
mula doon, sa nilikha’y maghaharing walang hanggan.
O purihin ninyo siya, kayong mga anghel ng Diyos,
kayong mga nakikinig at sa kanya’y sumusunod!

Panginoo’y may luklukang
matatag sa kalangitan.

ALELUYA
Juan 14, 26

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Espiritu’y magtuturo
ng aral at pagkukuro
ni Hesus na ating Guro.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Juan 21, 15-19

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Juan

Nang muling napakita si Hesus sa mga alagad niya at nang makakain sila, tinanong ni Hesus si Simon Pedro, “Simon, anak ni Juan, iniibig mo ba ako nang higit kaysa mga ito?” “Opo, Panginoon, nalalaman ninyong iniibig ko kayo,” tugon niya. Sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Pakanin mo ang aking mga batang tupa.” Muli siyang tinanong ni Hesus, “Simon, anak ni Juan, iniibig mo ba ako?” Sumagot si Pedro, “Opo, Panginoon, nalalaman niyong iniibig ko kayo.” Ani Hesus, “Pangalagaan mo ang aking mga tupa.” Pangatlong ulit na tinanong siya ni Hesus, “Simon, anak ni Juan, iniibig mo ba ako?” Nalungkot si Pedro, sapagkat makaitlo siya tinanong: “Iniibig mo ba ako?” At sumagot siya, “Panginoon, nalalaman po ninyo ang lahat ng bagay; nalalaman ninyong iniibig ko kayo.” Sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Pakanin mo ang aking mga tupa. Tandaan mo: noong kabataan mo pa, ikaw ang nagbibihis sa iyong sarili at lumalakad ka kung saan mo ibig. Ngunit pagtanda mo, iuunat mo ang iyong mga kamay at iba ang magbibihis sa iyo at dadalhin ka kung saan hindi mo ibig.” Sinabi niya ito upang ipakilala kung paano mamamatay si Pedro at sa gayo’y mapararangalan niya ang Diyos. Pagkatapos, sinabi sa kanya ni Hesus, “Sumunod ka sa akin!”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikapitong Linggo ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay
Biyernes

Bunga ng pagkaunawang isinugo tayo sa misyong katulad ng kay San Pedro, hilingin natin sa Diyos Ama na palakasin ang ating pananampalataya.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, pagpalain Mo ang iyong kawan.

Ang Santo Papa at lahat ng may katungkulan sa Simbahan nawa’y gabayan ng Banal na Espiritu, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga mag-asawa nawa’y magkaroon ng matalas na pakiramdam sa pangangailangan ng bawat isa at maging maligaya sa kanilang pagsasama, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga makasalanan nawa’y makatagpo ng pag-asa at lakas ng loob sa pagpapatawad ng Panginoon kay San Pedro, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga maysakit at nababagabag nawa’y makaranas ng presensya ng Panginoon sa gitna ng kanilang mga pagdurusa at paghihirap, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumaong mahal natin sa buhay nawa’y makatanggap ng liwanag, kaligayahan, at kapanatagan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama naming nasa Langit, isinugo mo ang iyong Anak upang iligtas ang mundo sa pamamagitan ng gawain ng iyong Simbahan. Palakasin nawa ang aming loob ng halimbawa ni San Pedro upang magsikap kami para sa paglaganap ng iyong Kaharian sa lupa. Hinihiling namin ito 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.

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