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Paggunita sa Pagpapakasakit ni San Juan, ang Tagapagbinyag, Martir

Jeremias 1, 17-19
Salmo 70, 1-2. 3-4a. 5-6ab. 15ab at 17

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Marcos 6, 17-29

Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist (Red)

UNANG PAGBASA
Jeremias 1, 17-19

Pagbasa mula sa aklat ni propeta Jeremias

Noong mga araw na iyon, sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon, “Magpakatatag ka; humayo ka at sabihin mo sa kanila ang lahat ng iuutos ko. Huwag kang matatakot sa kanila ngayon. Pag hindi ka sumunod sa akin, lalo kang matatakot kung naroon ka na sa kalagitnaan nila. Pakinggan mong mabuti ito, Jeremias! Ang bawat isa sa lupaing ito — ang mga hari ng Juda, ang mga pinuno, ang mga saserdote, at ang buong bayan — ay sasalungat sa iyo. Ngunit gagawin kitang sintibay ng isang lungsod na naliligid ng mga muog, sintatag ng haliging bakal, o pader na tanso. Hindi ka nila matatalo sapagkat ako ang mag-iingat sa iyo. Akong Panginoon ang nagsasabi nito.”

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 70, 1-2. 3-4a. 5-6ab. 15ab at 17

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Sa iyo lang, Panginoon, lubos akong nananalig,
h’wag mo akong pabayaang mapahiya at malupig;
tulungan mo ako ngayon yamang ikaw ay matuwid.
Ako sana ay sagipin, sa daing ko ay makinig.

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Ikaw nawa ang muog ko at ligtas na kakanlungan,
matatag na kublihan ko at matibay na sanggalang.
Sa lahat ng masasama, O Diyos, ako’y ipaglaban,
sa kuko ng mababagsik, huwag mo akong pabayaan.

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Panginoon sa iyo ko inilagak ang pag-asa.
Maliit pang bata ako, sa iyo’y may tiwala na;
sa simula at mula pa wala akong inasahang
mag-iingat sa sarili, kundi tanging ikaw lamang;
kaya naman ikaw, Poon, pupurihin araw-araw.

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ang dulot mong kaligtasan.

Pagkat ikaw ay dakila, patuloy kong isasaysay,
maghapon kong ihahayag ang dulot mong kaligtasan:
sapul pa sa pagkabata ako’y iyong tinuruan,
hanggang ngayo’y sinasambit ang gawa mong hinangaan.

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ALELUYA
Mateo 5, 10

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Mapalad ang inuusig
sa gawang puspos ng bait
pagkat may kakamting langit.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 6, 17-29

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, si Herodes ang nagpahuli, nagpagapos at nagpabilanggo kay Juan dahil kay Herodias. Ang babaing ito’y asawa ni Felipe na kapatid ni Herodes ngunit kinakasama niya. Laging sinasabi sa kanya ni Juan, “Hindi matuwid na kunin ninyo ang asawa ng inyong kapatid.” Kaya’t si Herodias ay nagkimkim ng galit kay Juan. Hinangad niyang ipapatay ito, ngunit hindi niya magawa, sapagkat natatakot si Herodes kay Juan. Alam niyang ito’y taong matuwid at banal, kaya’t ipinagsasanggalang niya. Gustong-gusto niyang makinig kay Juan, bagamat labis siyang nababagabag sa mga sinasabi nito.

Sa wakas ay nagkaroon ng pagkakataon si Herodias nang anyayahan ni Herodes sa kanyang kaarawan ang kanyang mga kagawad, mga pinuno ng hukbo, at ang mga pangunahing mamamayan ng Galilea. Pumasok ang anak na babae ni Herodias at nagsayaw. Labis na nasiyahan si Herodes at ang mga panauhin, kaya’t sinabi ng hari sa dalaga, “Hingin mo sa akin ang anumang ibig mo at ibibigay ko sa iyo.” At naisumpa pa niyang ibibigay kahit ang kalahati ng kanyang kaharian kung ito ang hihilingin. Lumabas ang dalaga at tinanong ang kanyang ina, “Ano ang hihingin ko?” “Ang ulo ni Juan Bautista,” sagot ng ina. Dali-daling nagbalik ang dalaga sa kinaroroonan ng hari. “Ang ibig ko po’y ibigay ninyo sa akin ngayon din, sa isang pinggan, ang ulo ni Juan Bautista,” sabi niya. Labis na nalungkot ang hari, ngunit dahil sa kanyang sumpa na narinig ng kanyang mga panauhin, hindi niya matanggihan ang dalaga. Kaagad niyang iniutos sa isang bantay na dalhin sa kanya ang ulo ni Juan. Sumunod ang bantay at pinugutan si Juan sa bilangguan, inilagay ang ulo sa isang pinggan, at ibinigay sa dalaga. Ibinigay naman iyon ng dalaga sa kanyang ina. Nang mabalitaan ito ng mga alagad ni Juan, kinuha nila ang kanyang bangkay at inilibing.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Agosto 29
Ang Pagpapakasakit ni San Juan Bautista

Marami ang nagpatotoo sa kanilang pananampalataya sa pamamagitan ng kanilang buhay. Dahil sa pagkabatid natin na ang ating misyon sa mundo ay maging mga propeta, manalangin tayo sa ating mapagmahal na Ama na gawin tayong tapat sa ating bokasyon.

Panginoon, dinggin Mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Sumaamin nawa ang Iyong lakas, Panginoon.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y may tapang na tuparin ang kanyang propetikong misyon na ipahayag ang Ebanghelyo nang walang takot o kompromiso, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga naglilingkod sa pamahalaan nawa’y magkaroon ng budhing matatag na nakabatay sa katapatan at moralidad, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating pamayanan nawa’y manindigan at magsalita para sa katarungan at dignidad ng tao, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y hindi panghinaan ng loob dahil sa mga pagsubok sa buhay bagkus higit na maging matatag sa pananampalataya sa pamamagitan ng mga ito, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang mga nasa bingit ng kamatayan nawa’y pukawin ng sigla ng pangaral at halimbawa ni San Juan Bautista, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Diyos naming makapangyarihan, pinagpala mo kami ng pangaral at halimbawa ni San Bautista. Maialay nawa namin ang aming buhay sa paglilingkod sa iyo sa pamamagitan ng aming pangangaral at buhay. Hinihiling namin to sa pamamagitan ni Kristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

STRONG WORDS FROM THE SC TO CONGRESS: “GRAVE ABUSE OF DISCRETION”

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Thirty-nine years. That is how long Congress has failed to enact the law required by the 1987 Constitution to prohibit political dynasties.

Today the Supreme Court finally said: enough.

In a unanimous decision, the Court declared that Congress has a mandatory constitutional duty to enact an anti-political dynasty law, and that its prolonged failure to do so constitutes “grave abuse of discretion” and a continuing violation of its constitutional duty. The Court directed Congress to act “with utmost urgency” and enact the law “at the earliest opportunity.”

Those are exceptionally strong words.
Article II, Section 26 of our Constitution declares: “The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law.”

For almost four decades, the constitutional command remained largely unrealized because Congress itself was entrusted with defining what constitutes a political dynasty. The Court noted that dynasties have meanwhile remained widespread, extending even into the party-list system.

Perhaps this ruling raises a question larger than political dynasties themselves: What happens when those entrusted with making the law have a personal interest in not making it?

This is precisely why constitutional institutions exist—to place limits on power, including the power of those who make our laws.

Thirty-nine years is long enough.
Congress, the Supreme Court has spoken. Now enact the law.

THE NEW ARMS RACE: AI RACE

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President Donald Trump has reportedly dismissed the growing warnings about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence as a “hoax.” His reason is revealing: America must stay ahead because, as he puts it, “whoever wins AI wins.”

Perhaps that statement itself should set alarm bells ringing.

We have heard this logic before. During the Cold War, one superpower could not stop developing more powerful weapons because the other might get ahead. Each side’s fear became the justification for the other’s escalation. And humanity found itself trapped in an arms race capable of destroying the very civilization it claimed to defend.

The Church did not remain silent.

In 1963, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought humanity frighteningly close to nuclear catastrophe, Pope St. John XXIII issued Pacem in Terris. He called explicitly for “a cessation to the arms race,” for the reduction of armaments, the banning of nuclear weapons, and agreements accompanied by effective systems of mutual control.

Paul VI carried that appeal to the United Nations. John Paul II repeatedly called for an end to the nuclear arms race. Benedict XVI and Francis continued the Church’s advocacy for disarmament, with Francis eventually declaring even the possession of nuclear weapons morally unacceptable.

Today we may be facing a new arms race—the AI race.

It is already inseparable from modern warfare. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into surveillance, targeting, autonomous weapons, cyberwarfare and military decision-making. But an even more fundamental race is taking place among nations and corporations: the race toward increasingly powerful AI—and ultimately toward a possible superintelligence.

The logic sounds disturbingly familiar.

America cannot slow down because China might get ahead.

China cannot slow down because America might get ahead.

One AI company cannot slow down because its competitors might get ahead.

And so nobody can afford to be prudent.

This is why I find it significant that some of the very people building the world’s most powerful AI systems are themselves beginning to call for restraint, regulation, independent monitoring and international cooperation. They are warning us that capabilities are advancing faster than our capacity to understand and control them.

The issue is not whether AI is good or evil. AI has enormous potential for good. The deeper question is whether we are racing toward a point at which human intelligence may no longer be able to hold the reins.

Pope Leo XIV has already given the Church a powerful expression for this in Magnifica Humanitas: we must “disarm AI.”

Perhaps the time has come to translate that principle into a more urgent global appeal—calling together governments, AI developers, scientists, ethicists and religious leaders to consider internationally agreed red lines on the development of superintelligence: reciprocal commitments, independent monitoring, verification and effective safeguards before capabilities are developed that humanity may no longer be able to control.

The Church helped humanity find its moral voice during the nuclear arms race. Perhaps she is being called to exercise that prophetic role again.

Because the real question is not: Who will win the AI race? The question is: What if humanity loses it?

LOVE and COMPASSION

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Gospel Reading for September 17, 2026 – Luke 7: 36-50

LOVE and COMPASSION

A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.”

Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said.

“Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears
and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven. The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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The Pharisees seemed to have a lot of time keeping track of what people were doing and putting labels on them. They were particularly fond of labeling people as “sinners.”

The word Pharisee comes from the Hebrew word prushim, which means “separated ones.” They thought of themselves as HOLY simply because they observed practices that kept them from ritual impurity. This explains why Jesus was often angry with them, especially because of their hypocrisy. Their judgmental attitude discouraged the so-called “sinners” from having a change of heart. More often than not, people do not change because of the labels placed on them. It is LOVE and COMPASSION that can change hearts. That is the way of Jesus.

The woman in the Gospel showed genuine repentance, and it touched Jesus’ heart and led Him to forgive her.

As for us, it is only when we recognize and admit that we too are sinners, and sincerely repent of our sins, that we receive God’s forgiveness.

Lord Jesus, may we always be humble enough to admit that we too sin against God and are also in need of Your forgiveness. Amen

Veritas Editorial

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