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Dakilang Kapistahan ng Lahat ng mga Banal

Pahayag 7, 2-4. 9-14
Salmo 23, 1-2. 3-4ab. 5-6

Panginoon, ang bayan mo
ay dumudulog sa iyo.

1 Juan 3, 1-3
Mateo 5, 1-12a

Solemnity of All Saints (White)

UNANG PAGBASA
Pahayag 7, 2-4. 9-14

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ng Pahayag

Ako’y si Juan, at nakita kong umaakyat sa gawing silangan ang isa pang anghel, taglay ang pantatak ng Diyos na buhay. Humiyaw siya sa apat na anghel na binigyan ng Diyos ng kapangyarihang maminsala sa lupa at sa dagat, “Huwag muna ninyong pinsalain ang lupa, ang dagat, o ang mga punongkahoy. Hintayin ninyong matatakan sa noo ang mga lingkod ng ating Diyos.” At sinabi sa akin ang bilang ng mga tinatakan – sandaa’t apatnapu’t apat na libo buhat sa labindalawang lipi ng Israel.

Pagkatapos noo’y nakita ko ang napakaraming taong di kayang bilangin ninuman! Sila’y mula sa bawat bansa, lahi, bayan, at wika. Nakatayo sila sa harap ng trono ng Kordero nakadamit ng puti at may hawak na mga palaspas. Sabay-sabay nilang sinabi, “Ang kaligtasan ay mula sa Kordero, at sa ating Diyos na nakaluklok sa trono!” Tumayo ang lahat ng anghel sa palibot ng trono, ng matatanda, at ng apat na nilalang na buhay. Sila’y nagpatirapa sa harap ng trono at sumamba sa Diyos. Ang wika nila “Amen! Sa ating Diyos ang kapurihan, kadakilaan, karunungan, pasasalamat, karangalan, kapangyarihan, at kalakasan magpakailanman! Amen!”

Tinanong ako ng isa sa matanda, “Sino ang mga taong nakadamit na puti at saan sila nanggaling?” “Hindi ko po alam,” tugon ko. “Kayo ang nakaaalam.” At sinabi niya sa akin, “Sila ang mga nagtagumpay sa kabila ng mahigpit na pag-uusig. Nilinis nila at pinaputi sa dugo ng Kordero ang kanilang damit.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 23, 1-2. 3-4ab. 5-6

Panginoon, ang bayan mo
ay dumudulog sa iyo.

Ang buong daigdig, lahat ng naroon,
may-ari’y ang Diyos, ating Panginoon;
ang mundo’y natayo at yaong sandiga’y
ilalim ng lupa, tubig kalaliman.

Panginoon, ang bayan mo
ay dumudulog sa iyo.

Sino ang marapat umahon sa burol,
sa burol ng Poon, sino ngang aahon?
Sino’ng papayagang pumasok sa templo?
Sino’ng tutulutang pumasok na tao?
Siya, na malinis ang isip at buhay,
na hindi sumamba sa diyus-diyusan;
tapat sa pangako na binibitiwan.

Panginoon, ang bayan mo
ay dumudulog sa iyo.

Ang Panginoong Diyos, pagpapalain siya,
ililigtas siya’t pawawalang-sala.
Gayun ang sinumang lumalapit sa Diyos
silang lumalapit sa Diyos ni Jacob.

Panginoon, ang bayan mo
ay dumudulog sa iyo.

IKALAWANG PAGBASA
1 Juan 3, 1-3

Pagbasa mula sa unang sulat ni Apostol San Juan

Mga pinakamamahal, isipin ninyo kung gaano kalaki ang pag-ibig sa atin ng Ama! Tinatawag niya tayong mga anak ng Diyos at iyan ang totoo. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit hindi tayo nakikilala ng mga makasanlibutan; hindi nila kinikilala ang Diyos. Mga minamahal, sa ngayon, tayo’y mga anak ng Diyos, ngunit hindi pa nahahayag ang magiging kalagayan natin. Gayunman, alam nating sa pagparitong muli ni Kristo, tayo’y matutulad sa kanya, sapagkat makikita natin siya sa kanyang likas na kalagayan. Kaya’t ang sinumang may pag-asa sa kanya ay nagpapakalinis, tulad ni Kristo – siya’y malinis.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

ALELUYA
Mateo 11, 28

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Kayong mabigat ang pasan
ay kay Hesus maglapitan
upang kayo’y masiyahan.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 5, 1-12a

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, nang makita ni Hesus ang napakakapal na tao, umahon siya sa bundok. Pagkaupo niya’y lumapit ang kanyang mga alagad, at sila’y tinuruan niya ng ganito:

“Mapalad ang mga aba na wala nang inaasahan kundi ang Diyos, sapagkat makakasama sila sa kanyang kaharian.”
“Mapalad ang mga nahahapis sapagkat aaliwin sila ng Diyos.”
“Mapalad ang mga mapagpakumbaba, sapagkat tatamuhin nila ang ipinangako ng Diyos.”
“Mapalad ang mga nagmimithing makatupad sa kalooban ng Diyos, sapagkat ipagkakaloob sa kanila ang kanilang minimithi.”
“Mapalad ang mga mahabagin, sapagkat kahahabagan sila ng Diyos.”
“Mapalad ang mga may malinis na puso, sapagkat makikita nila ang Diyos.”
“Mapalad ang mga gumagawa ng daan sa ikapagkakasundo, sapagkat sila’y ituturing ng Diyos na mga anak niya.”
“Mapalad ang mga pinag-uusig dahil sa kanilang pagsunod sa kalooban ng Diyos, sapagkat makakasama sila sa kanyang kaharian.”

“Mapalad kayo kapag dahil sa aki’y inaalimura kayo ng mga tao, pinag-uusig at pinagwiwikaan ng lahat ng uri ng kasamaan na pawang kasinungalingan. Magdiwang kayo at magalak, sapagkat malaki ang inyong gantimpala sa langit.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Nobyembre 1
Lahat ng Mga Banal

Bilang Bayan ng Diyos dito sa lupa, pag-isahin natin ang ating mga panalangin at ang mga panalangin ng lahat ng mga banal sa Langit para sa mga pangangailangan ng mga lalaki at babae sa lahat ng dako.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Sa pamamagitan ng mga panalangin ng mga banal, dinggin mo kami, O Panginoon.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y ihatid sa Kaharian ng Langit ang lahat ng kanyang mga anak, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga taong may mabubuting kalooban nawa’y makatanggap ng tunay na buhay at kapayapaang di-nagmamaliw sa pamamagitan ng mapantubos na Dugo ni Kristo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y pagkalooban ng Eukaristiya ng lakas upang makapamuhay nang matuwid dahil sa pag-asang makakapiling natin ang mga banal sa Langit, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga inuusig dahil sa pagiging matuwid nawa’y matatag na magpatuloy sa daan ng kabanalan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga yumaong mahal natin sa buhay nawa’y makasama ang mga banal sa Langit, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ama ng kabanalan at biyaya, iniaalay namin ang aming mga kahilingan kasama ng mga panalangin ng Mahal na Birheng Maria at ng lahat ng mga banal, taglay ang pagtitiwala sa iyong habag na nahayag sa kanilang mga dakilang buhay. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. 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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