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Biyernes sa Unang Linggo
ng Apatnapung Araw na Paghahanda

Ezekiel 18, 21-28
Salmo 129, 1-2. 3-4ab. 4k-6. 7-8

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

Mateo 5, 20-26

Friday of the First Week of Lent (Violet)

UNANG PAGBASA
Ezekiel 18, 21-28

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Ezekiel

Sinasabi ng Panginoon: “Kung ang isang taong masama ay tumalikod sa kanyang kasamaan, sumunod sa aking mga tuntunin, at gumawa ng mabuti, siya ay mabubuhay. Kakalimutan na ang lahat ng nagawa niyang kasalanan at mabubuhay siya dahil sa kabutihang ginawa niya sa bandang huli. Hindi ko ikinasisiya ang kamatayan ng masama,” sabi pa ng Panginoon, “Ang ibig ko nga, siya’y magsisi at magbagong buhay. Ngunit kung ang isang taong matuwid ay magpakasama at gumawa ng mga kasuklam-suklam na gawain, hindi siya mabubuhay. Mamamatay siya dahil sa kanyang pagtataksil at sa kasalanang nagawa. Mawawalan ng kabuluhan ang lahat ng kabutihang ginawa niya noong una.

“Marahil ay sasabihin ninyong hindi tama itong ginagawa ko. Makinig kayo, mga Israelita: Matuwid ang aking tuntunin, ang pamantayan ninyo ang baluktot. Kapag ang isang taong matuwid ay nagpakasama, mamamatay siya dahil sa kasamaang ginawa niya. At ang masamang nagpakabuti at gumawa ng mga bagay na matuwid ay mabubuhay. Dahil sa pagtalikod sa nagawa niyang kasamaan noong una, mabubuhay siya, hindi mamamatay.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 129, 1-2. 3-4ab. 4k-6. 7-8

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

Sa gitna ng paghihirap, tinawag ko’y Panginoon,
Panginoon, ako’y dinggin pagka ako’y tumataghoy,
dinggin mo ang pagtawag ko’t paghingi ng iyong tulong.

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

Kung ikaw ay may talaan nitong aming kasalanan,
lahat kami ay tatanggap ng hatol mong nakalaan.
Ngunit iyong pinatawad, kasalanan ay nilimot,
pinatawad mo nga kami upang sa ‘yo ay matakot.

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

Sabik akong naghihintay sa tulong mo, Panginoon,
pagkat ako’y may tiwala sa pangako mong pagtulong.
Yaring aking pananabik, Panginoon ay higit pa,
sa serenong naghihintay ng pagsapit ng umaga.

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

Magtiwala ka, Israel, magtiwala sa iyong Diyos,
matatag at di kukupas ang pag-ibig niyang dulot,
lagi siyang nahahandang sa sinuman ay tumubos.
Ililigtas ang Israel, yaong kanyang mga hirang,
ililigtas niya sila sa kanilang kasalanan.

Hiling nami’y ‘yong limutin
tanang kasalanan namin.

AWIT-PAMBUNGAD SA MABUTING BALITA
Ezekiel 18, 31

Sinabi ng Poong mahal:
“Kasamaan ay layuan,
kasalana’y pagsisihan;
kayo ay magbagong-buhay,
magbalik-loob na tunay.”

MABUTING BALITA
Mateo 5, 20-26

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Mateo

Noong panahong iyon, sinabi ni Hesus sa kanyang mga alagad, “Sinasabi ko sa inyo: kung ang pagsunod ninyo sa kalooban ng Diyos ay tulad lamang ng pagsunod ng mga eskriba at mga Pariseo, hindi kayo makapapasok sa kaharian ng Diyos.”

“Narinig ninyo na noong una’y iniutos sa mga tao, ‘Huwag kang papatay; ang sinumang makamatay ay mananagot sa hukuman.’ Ngunit ngayo’y sinasabi ko sa inyo: ang mapoot sa kanyang kapatid ay mananagot sa hukuman; ang humamak sa kanyang kapatid ay mananagot sa Sanedrin, at sinumang magsabi sa kanyang kapatid ‘ulol ka!’ ay mapapasaapoy ng impiyerno. Kaya’t kung naghahandog ka sa Diyos, at maalaala mo na may sama ng loob sa iyo ang kapatid mo, iwan mo muna ang iyong handog sa harap ng dambana at makipagkasundo ka sa kanya. Saka ka magbalik at maghandog sa Diyos.

“Kung may magsakdal laban sa iyo sa hukuman, makipag-ayos ka sa kanya habang may panahon, bago ka niya iharap sa hukom. At kung hindi’y ibibigay ka niya sa hukom, na magbibigay naman sa iyo ng tanod, at ikaw ay mabibilanggo. Sinasabi ko sa iyo: hindi ka makalalabas doon hangga’t hindi mo nababayaran ang kahuli-hulihang kusing.”

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Unang Linggo ng Kuwaresma
Biyernes

Labis ang pagkabigo at pagkamuhing namamagitan sa mga tao, labis na pagtatalu-talo at pag-aaway. Hilingin natin sa Diyos na pagkalooban tayo ng kapangyarihan na maging mga tagapaghilom at tagapagkasundo.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Ama, biyayaan Mo kami ng kapayapaan.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y maging kasangkapan ng pagkakasundo, pagpapatawad, pagpapagaling, at pagkakaisa ng mga tao at bansang nakikipagdigmaan, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga pinuno ng pamahalaan nawa’y magpasimula ng mga proyektong magtataguyod ng katarungan, kapayapaan, at pagkakaisa sa mga tao, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Atin nawang iwasan ang paghihiganti, karahasan, at pag-aaway na bunga ng hidwaan, ideolohiya, o pananampalataya, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayong lahat nawa’y matutuong magpatawad mula sa puso, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon..

Ang mga may karamdaman sa isip at katawan nawa’y magtamo ng kagalingan ng espiritu sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatawad, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos na aming Ama, tulungan mo kaming makita ang bawat isa ayon sa iyong paningin upang tanggapin at itaguyod namin ang isa’t isa alang-alang sa iyo. 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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