Huwebes, Hunyo 4, 2026

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Huwebes ng Ika-9 na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon (II)

2 Timoteo 2, 8-15
Salmo 24, 4bk-5ab. 8-9. 10 at 14

Poon, ang iyong landasi’y
iyong ituro sa akin.

Marcos 12, 28b-34

UNANG PAGBASA
2 Timoteo 2, 8-15

Pagbasa mula sa ikalawang sulat ni Apostol San Pablo kay Timoteo

Pinakamamahal, alalahanin mo si Hesukristo, ang nagmula sa angkan ni David at ang muling nabuhay. Ito ang Mabuting Balitang ipinangangaral ko, ang dahilan ng aking pagdurusa hanggang sa magapos na tulad ng isang salarin. Ngunit hindi maigagapos ang salita ng Diyos. Pinagtitiisan ko ang lahat ng bagay alang-alang sa mga hinirang ng Diyos upang magtamo rin sila ng kaligtasan mula kay Kristo Hesus, at ng walang hanggang kaluwalhatian. Narito ang kasabihang mapananaligan:

“Kapag tayo’y namatay na kalakip ni Hesukristo,
walang salang mabubuhay na kasama niya tayo;
kung tayo man ay magtiis ng hirap sa mundong ito,
maghahari naman tayong kapiling ng ating Kristo;
kapag siya’y itinakwil sa harapan ng mga tao
pagdating ng takdang araw, itatakwil niya tayo.
Kung tayo ma’y hindi tapat, si Kristo ay tapat pa rin
sapagkat ang sa kanya ay hindi niya itatakwil”

Ipaalaala mo sa kanila ang mga bagay na ito at pagbilinan mo sila, sa ngalan ng Diyos, na huwag magtalu-talo nang walang kabuluhan. Walang ibubungang mabuti ang ganitong pagtatalo, manapa’y kapahamakan ng nakikinig. Pagsikapan mong maging karapat-dapat sa Diyos, manggagawang walang dapat ikahiya at tapat na nagtuturo ng katotohanan.

Ang Salita ng Diyos.

SALMONG TUGUNAN
Salmo 24, 4bk-5ab. 8-9. 10 at 14

Poon, ang iyong landasi’y
iyong ituro sa akin.

Ang kalooban mo’y ituro, O Diyos,
ituro mo sana sa aba mong lingkod;
ayon sa matuwid, ako ay turuan,
ituro mo, Poon, ang katotohanan;
tagapagligtas ko na inaasahan.

Poon, ang iyong landasi’y
iyong ituro sa akin.

Mabuti ang Poon at makatarungan,
sa mga salari’y guro at patnubay;
sa mababang-loob siya yaong gabay,
at nagtuturo ng kanyang kalooban.

Poon, ang iyong landasi’y
iyong ituro sa akin.

Tapat ang pag-ibig, siya’ng umaakay
sa tumatalima sa utos at tipan.
Sa tumatalima, siya’y kaibigan,
at tagapagturo ng banal na tipan n’yang banal.

Poon, ang iyong landasi’y
iyong ituro sa akin.

ALELUYA
2 Timoteo 1, 10

Aleluya! Aleluya!
Si Kristo ay nagtagumpay
nalupig ang kamatayan
nagningning ang pagkabuhay.
Aleluya! Aleluya!

MABUTING BALITA
Marcos 12, 28b-34

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon ayon kay San Marcos

Noong panahong iyon, isa sa mga eskriba ay lumapit kay Hesus at nagtanong, “Alin pong utos ang pinakamahalaga?” Sumagot si Hesus, “Ito ang pinakamahalagang utos, ‘Pakinggan mo, Israel! Ang Panginoon na ating Diyos – siya lamang ang Panginoon. Ibigin mo ang Panginoon mong Diyos nang buong puso, nang buong kaluluwa, nang buong pag-iisip, at nang buong lakas,’ Ito naman ang pangalawa, ‘Ibigin mo ang iyong kapwa gaya ng iyong sarili’ Wala nang ibang utos na hihigit pa sa mga ito.” “Tama po, Guro!” wika ng eskriba. “Totoo ang sinabi ninyo. Iisa ang Diyos at wala nang iba liban sa kanya. At ang umibig sa kanya nang buong puso, buong pag-iisip, at buong lakas, at ang umibig sa kapwa gaya ng kanyang sarili ay higit na mahalaga kaysa magdala ng lahat ng handog na susunugin, at iba pang mga hain.” Nakita ni Hesus na matalino ang kanyang sagot, kaya’t sinabi niya, “Malapit ka nang mapabilang sa mga pinaghaharian ng Diyos.” At wala nang nangahas magtanong kay Hesus mula noon.

Ang Mabuting Balita ng Panginoon.

PANALANGIN NG BAYAN
Ikasiyam na Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon
Huwebes

Sa ating mga panalangin ngayon, maipakita nawa natin ang ating pag-ibig sa Diyos nang buong puso, kaluluwa, isip, at lakas at ang ating pag-ibig sa kapwa tulad ng paggalang at pagpipitagan natin sa ating mga sarili.

Panginoon, dinggin mo ang aming panalangin.
o kaya
Panginoon, punuin mo kami ng iyong pag-ibig.

Ang Simbahan nawa’y hindi tumigil sa pagpapahayag na nasa puso ng Ebanghelyo ang pag-ibig sa Diyos at ang pag-ibig sa kapwa, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Sa mga tinanggalan ng karapatan, mga itinataboy, at mga walang nagmamahal nawa’y hindi natin makaligtaang ipadama ang ating habag sa kanila, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y makitungo sa ating kapwa nang may kabutihang-loob at paggalang, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Tayo nawa’y magkaroon ng higit na malalim na pagkalinga sa mga maysakit at mga matatanda sa pamamagitan ng banayad na paghaplos ng Espiritu Santo, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Ang ating mga mahal na yumao nawa’y dalhin ni Kristo sa kanyang walang hanggang Kaharian, manalangin tayo sa Panginoon.

Makalangit na Ama, maging karapat-dapat nawa kami sa iyong pagtawag. Bigyan mo kami ng biyaya na maisabuhay ang iyong batas ng pag-ibig sa salita at gawa. Hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Kristong 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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